One day in the not-too-distant future, quantum computers will be able to break SHA-256 and the entire history of cryptocurrency transactions will be laid bare for all to see.
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@aram The entire history of cryptocurrency transactions is already available. That's how the blockchain works. And chainalysis is already a thing. See Andy Greenberg's book Tracers in the Dark.
@samueljohnson thank you for explaining blockchain to me. How does that alter what I said above?
@aram Quantum decryption simply isn't required. Did you read the book that quickly?
@samueljohnson so you are saying, based on this book, that the entire history of cryptocurrency transactions, including the elements protected by SHA-256, are currently laid bare for the world to see, without the aid of quantum decryption?
Cool.
Tell me what my last bitcoin transaction was.
@aram I didn't make any such assertion. Read what I wrote. Then read the book. You can find podcast interviews with the author and published excerpts if you're interested.
@samueljohnson read my original post in this thread and tell me what’s inaccurate, or stop haunting my mentions
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@aram hahah is this for real? Source? Coz this would be hilarious imho