A decade-long lead for cryptoA Google spokesman told CNBC that Willow and crypto can coexist. 'Quantum-safe' algorithmsThe Google spokesman stressed that the timeline for quantum breakthroughs has been widely shared and Willow has not changed it. "The bottom line is quantum crypto means that you can both unlock things more easily, things that had bad old locks, but you can also create better locks," Allaire said. "So quantum crypto – this quantum is going to be actually a huge turbocharge to crypto computing, to crypto applications, and to crypto money." Raza thinks that ultimately the more sweeping changes wrought by quantum computing will occur beyond crypto.

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Persons: Tim Hollebeek, Hollebeek, Willow, Feierbach, Taqi Raza, Raza, Jeremy Allaire, Allaire Organizations: Google, CNBC, Radiant, NASA, RSA, National Institute of Standards, Technology, NIST, University of Massachusetts Amherst Locations: cryptocurrencies