{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Quickly Quantum","title":"How Close Is the Quantum Threat to Encryption? — October 30, 2026","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":823,"description":"Alice & Bob’s compiled estimate puts a possible RSA-2048 attack at 22,593 physical cat qubits and 3.14 days, while the required fault-tolerant hardware remains a projection. We also cover IQM’s full-chip entanglement result, a Shionogi research prize, Infleqtion’s at-sea clock test, and IonQ news.\nIQM Demonstrates Entanglement Across a Complete 54-Qubit Processor — The Quantum Insider\nD-Wave Quantum: Lawsuits Challenge the Record Orders While a Korean Partnership Points to Industry — ad-hoc-news.de\nD-Wave on Shionogi’s NEDO Challenge result — X/@dwavequantum\nInfleqtion’s quantum atomic clock ran two weeks at sea, Navy tested it — Quantum Zeitgeist\nAlice & Bob Estimates 22,593 Qubits to Break RSA-2048 — The Quantum Insider\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n00:55 IQM Emerald full-chip entanglement\n03:00 Shionogi won NEDO Challenge prize\n04:21 Infleqtion Tiqker clock operated at sea\n05:38 IonQ AFRL allocation for drone links\n06:36 Alice & Bob RSA-2048 cat-qubit estimate\n09:28 Hype check on Alice & Bob estimate\nQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.\nFollow Quickly Quantum: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify\nMore from Brian Lampert: Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing, and Space Stakes, the business of the new space race. Transcripts and every episode: quickly-quantum.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1qOeu8wRfJFs3z-U1wrMD-YZu-jcbB7N-VepH0eoyOg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zZTQ5/Y2VkNzY3NzhhZTcw/MzQwZTM3NGEwOWMy/YmU2Ny5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}