BTC253: Quantum Computing and Bitcoin w/ Charles Edwards (Bitcoin Podcast)

You're listening to TIP. Hey, everyone. Welcome to this Wednesday's release of the Bitcoin Fundamentals podcast. Today, I'm joined by Charles Edwards to talk about quantum computing, what it really is, where it's headed, and what it means for Bitcoin security. We break down the differences between physical and logical qubits, the debate around how soon Q Day could arrive, and how upgrades like BIP three sixty might protect the network. We also explore the broader impacts that quant tech could have on AI, material science, and finance. This is one that you will not wanna miss, so let's jump right into the conversation. Celebrating ten years. You are listening to Bitcoin Fundamentals by The Investor's Podcast Network. Now for your host, Preston Pysh. Hey everyone, welcome to the show. I'm here with Charles Edwards and we're talking about a pretty difficult topic, but we're gonna try to make it accessible and we're gonna try to talk through the reality of whatever it is or whatever we think it is, and we're talking about quantum computing. This is gonna get pretty Bitcoin heavy, but obviously, the topic goes beyond Bitcoin and Charles as a person that's investing in this space in particular. I'm very curious to go down the path that go beyond just Bitcoin itself. But in short, welcome to the show. Excited to get into this with you. Yeah. Likewise, great to be here, Preston. That's been too long. I think it's been too long. It's been about four or five years. It's been Yeah. It's been way too long. Been good. Been good. I'm excited to have you back on the show, Charles. Likewise. So let's start here. So I made a video about Quantum probably back in maybe January 2024. No, of this year, of 2025. And where I started, I was just trying to define, like, what in the world is it? How does it work? Just so I could wrap my own head around it because if you can't kind of like describe what it is and what it's doing, it's really difficult to understand what problems or things that it's gonna solve in the real world. So, this is a really hard question and you would think it'd be the easiest thing to kinda cover, but I find it to be one of the hardest things to cover is what in the world is quantum computing, how does it work, Give a layman's overview from your point of view as to what this is. I suppose it's, you know, at the most simplistic level, traditional transistor chips work in ones and zeros, and you can have one state or the other. As in most things in life, you can be here or there, but it can't be in both places at once. Things get weird at the quantum level, and Albert Einstein always struggled with this and basically wrestled with it his whole life even. It doesn't make logical sense anymore when you …