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there's that famous quote about being hard to convince a man he's wrong if his livelihood depends on it. this is is sort of in the back of my mind when I think about Project Eleven's advocacy for quantum readiness. what is Project Eleven's business model?

Yeah fair question. The success of Project Eleven depends to an extent on whether or not quantum computing is being underestimated as a threat. If classical cryptography stays the same for the next 50-100 years, then the business model as it exists now probably won't make sense.

That said, I value my time, and if I didn't authentically believe that quantum computing (and post-quantum migration) is being underestimated, I wouldn't be doing this.

So what is that business model: key management infrastructure for digital asset custodians, stablecoin issuers, and neobanks that have digital asset exposure. The way it's done today is completely out the window in a postquantum world, and needs to be redefined around crypto-agility. Because as many have rightly pointed out, there is a risk that these new PQ algos are not going to stand the test of time either, and we need to evolve cryptography from a "static defense" to something more adaptive imho.

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