The true power of the hypothetical quantum computer is in its ability to compute quantum chemistry simulations, so that we can synthesis a much wider range of drugs and medications much more quickly. Encryption and such is, in my view, not actually the most significant domain that quantum computers are going to impact.

What takes chemists and biologists and such years of research to unravel can be done in a few weeks if they were to have access to a universal quantum computer. This will usher in a great era of drug synthesis, medication, and genetic engineering/modification. Condensed matter physics and such will also be majorly impacted by this.

Are you guys as excited about this as I am?