Ever think about what happens to all that encrypted traffic floating around the internet right now? Here's something wild: the sensitive stuff you're protecting today—wallet keys, private messages, financial records—could be cracked open in about ten years.

Yeah, ten years. Not a century. A decade.

Why? Quantum computers. They're not some sci-fi fantasy anymore. And there's this attack strategy called "harvest now, decrypt later." The idea is terrifyingly simple: bad actors are already scooping up encrypted data in bulk. They can't read it yet. But they're stockpiling it, waiting for quantum machines powerful enough to shatter today's encryption like glass.

Right now, when you see that little HTTPS lock icon, you assume you're safe. Technically, you are—for now. But that encrypted payload traveling across the web? Someone might be saving it. State secrets, corporate IP, your personal vault—it's all fair game once quantum decryption becomes viable.

The clock's ticking. And the scary part? Most systems aren't quantum-resistant yet. We're racing against a machine that doesn't exist at scale... but will.