[Shaw: The Threat of Quantum Computing to Bitcoin Is Nonsense, Speculators Know Nothing] BlockBeats News, December 31, ElizaOS founder Shaw shared his views on the 'quantum computing threat to Bitcoin,' stating that its realization is far more distant than current media reports suggest. For hash functions like SHA-256, Grover's algorithm only reduces the search space from 2²⁵⁶ to 2¹²⁸, but 2¹²⁸ is still impossible to break. While Shor's algorithm theoretically can crack RSA/ECDSA encryption, current quantum computers typically rely on preprocessing or optimization based on prior knowledge of factors, rather than a universal implementation of pure Shor's algorithm. To break Bitcoin, a real-time operating network, would require rapid and repeated execution. If this were feasible, all encrypted data would be exposed, and Bitcoin would be the least of the problems. Modern cryptography has assumed future computational growth from the very beginning, and quadratic acceleration was anticipated and accounted for decades ago. Whenever you see fear or hype surrounding quantum computing, remember: these people know absolutely nothing.