Quantum Computing 101 with Nicolas Alexandre Roussy Newton & Gavin Brennen

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🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Quantum computing is a game-changer in technology—but how does it work, and why should we care? From the basics of qubits and superposition to the urgent need for post-quantum cryptography, this conversation simplifies one of the most complex topics of our time.

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0:00.0	I have been dying to understand quantum computing.
0:12.5	And listen, I majored in computer science.
0:15.8	I went to graduate school for computer science.
0:18.0	I was a computer scientist for many years.
0:20.1	I've taken apart and put together
0:22.2	conventional computers. But for a really long time, I keep reading these articles about quantum
0:28.4	computing and it's like magic. I can do anything. And I've been really trying hard to research it
0:35.9	and really understand it. but it doesn't go along
0:38.9	with the conventional ways of understanding computers. It's a completely different paradigm of doing
0:44.1	computing. So I asked on two friends of mine to come on the podcast, Nicholas Newton, he's the
0:51.2	CEO and co-founder of BTQ technologies.
0:55.4	It's a quantum computing company.
0:57.2	It's a publicly traded company, BTQ technologies.
0:59.9	And what they do is they solve the issues of quantum security.
1:03.6	So once there's quantum computing, according to all these articles, things like Bitcoin
1:08.0	will be hacked and will be in trouble.
1:10.2	But this company that Nick started or
1:13.7	helped start is going to help solve this problem of quantum security. So I invited Nick Newton on.
1:18.7	I invited Gavin Brennan, who is a top quantum physicist who also works with this company. And I really
1:25.9	wanted them to explain from the ground up, what is quantum computing,
1:30.5	how quickly will this change the world?
1:33.0	Like right now, there's no use cases.
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