After watching that video, Im convinced that this is the future. The US is pouring big money into it, but according to the video, Chinas way ahead, tripling the investment of the US in this field. One thing I remember is that they said itll uncover secrets of the world and shake up different areas, especially in research, since quantum computers could fast-track analysis to help researchers hit their goals.
Now, if we look at this in relation to the crypto network, especially Bitcoin, it could make mining easier and more efficient, which would be a big plus for miners. Theyd probably shift to this new tech since no one wants to be outdated, and staying ahead means higher profits.
When it comes to the idea of "Bitcoin VS Supercomputers in 2040," its not really a battle. Bitcoin would likely still be around as long as the algorithm isnt changed by quantum computing; otherwise, this multi-billion-dollar market could take a serious hit.
While I do agree the super computer stuff will happen in the future, what people are missing out here is that we could literally just make this work for our for as well, we just need to make sure we are dealing with better bitcoin encryption that's it. Literally just a single code change, we just make it ten times harder to crack, and that isn't impossible, instead of sha256 or anything else, we come up with something harder to do and even super computers won't be able to touch it.
So there is really nothing to worry about, I understand people are fearing the power of a computer like that, and they are right, because not everything is blockchain, so we are going to be in trouble without a doubt, but not about bitcoin.