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      "body": "http://i.imgur.com/t4qHW7R.jpg\nIBM has recently announced that it has opened up its 5-qubit quantum computer to the general public. Has quantum computing finally arrived and what impact will it have on Bitcoin?\n\nQuantum computers\n\nQuantum computers represent a new paradigm in computing.\n\nWhile traditional digital computers store data in binary bits (zero or one), quantum computers store data in the form of qubits (where 2 data states can be superimposed.).\n\nThis enables large scale quantum computers to solve certain mathematical problems in a much more efficient way compared to traditional computers.\n\nAsymmetric cryptography - the key to Bitcoin\n\nThe Bitcoin  protocol uses asymmetric cryptography to ensure that bitcoins can only be spent by their rightful owner. Transactions signed by a private key can be verified using the corresponding public key.\n\nBrute forcing private keys corresponding to a given public key using currently available computers is infeasible. While bitcoins have been lost by users to hackers, it is mainly due to the unsafe security practices of users.\n\nHowever, asymmetric cryptography is one of the problems that can be solved efficiently by an effective quantum computer.\n\nEffective quantum computers not imminent\n\nThe power of quantum computers increases exponentially with the increase in number of qubits. The processor built by IBM is a 5-qubit processor, which is great to demonstrate the concept of quantum computing.\n\nThe real power of quantum computing can be unleashed only when the number of qubits increases.\n\nAccording to The Economist, a 300-qubit quantum computer can have more possible states than the number of atoms in this universe. These computers are, however, some time away from being built.\n\nhttp://i.imgur.com/IC9OOzY.jpg\nBitcoin can evolve to tackle this threat\n\nEven if effective quantum computers are created, it is unlikely that this threat would materialize overnight.\n\nHence, there could be a transition to a quantum-resistant algorithm in an orderly manner. The Bitcoin protocol could incorporate a new algorithm to be implemented after a certain block number, by which time all nodes would have to update the software they run.\n\nDustin Moody, mathematician at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), says:\n\n\"There has been a lot of research into quantum computers in recent years, and everyone from major computer companies to the government want their cryptographic algorithms to be what we call 'quantum resistant'. So if and when someone does build a large-scale quantum computer, we want to have algorithms in place that it can't crack.\"\n\nEffective quantum computers – other implications\n\nCryptography is prevalent everywhere and is used for encrypting messages, emails as well as other forms of data. Banks use cryptography as well, although in a centralized manner.\n\nHence if quantum computers capable of breaking Bitcoin are indeed developed, they would also be a risk to banks and would have far reaching consequences.",
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      "body": "http://i.imgur.com/Aqx9U8H.jpg\n1. “WEATHER SEALED” OFTEN MEANS “CHUCKED IN A FEW TWO-CENT RUBBER GASKETS”\nNature photographers often pay a lot more for a camera with weather sealing in order to keep dust and water out of the camera when shooting in harsh outdoor environments.  Unfortunately, I think most photographers don’t realize how little protection is in most cameras.\nI’ve drowned enough cameras to know that sometimes it doesn’t take much water to kill a camera.  Other times, you can get lucky and use a camera in a downpour without issues.\nThe amount of weather sealing in most cameras is laughable.  And if you realized what you were paying extra for, you’d likely be pretty upset.  The weather sealing on most cameras consists of a small lip along seams and ports in the body that holds a tiny, thin, rubber gasket.\nOften, cameras will have some ports weather sealed and other openings to the camera left completely open with no protection, all while calling the camera “weather sealed.”\nI’m not saying weather sealing isn’t important–it is!  For me as a landscape photographer, I want every bit of weather sealing as possible.  What I’m saying is that anyone who has ever cracked a camera open to see the weather sealing would likely be surprised at how little there is.\nSome cameras are better than others, but none are great.\n\n2. VERSION II LENSES ARE NOT NECESSARILY ANY BETTER THAN VERSION I\nObviously, some version II lenses are a huge upgrade from the previous version.  Often, however, that isn’t the case at all.  Sometimes “version II” simply gets bolted on the old lens with very few changes, and sometimes the changes don’t affect the optics at all.\nOften Version II lenses change the body of the lens, or a focus motor, or features such as image stabilization without changing the optics.\nBefore you fork out the money for a new lens, do your homework and find out exactly what was changed on the lens.  Often it’s something that makes little or no difference to you, so you can keep your money.  Similarly, when buying a lens, don’t skip over the previous version of many lenses which may be exactly the same optically.\nhttp://i.imgur.com/4iE3nxn.jpg\n3. THEY USE CHEAP BATTERIES – EVEN IN YOUR $3,000 CAMERA\nYou never see the camera manufacturers publishing the mAh count of their batteries like the cell phone makers do.  Why?  Because they usually aren’t great.  If you go out on Amazon and buy a third party battery for your camera, you’ll often find that the mAh count (how long the battery lasts) is often 20% higher–or more!\nWhy do they use cheap batteries?  Probably so that we have to buy more batteries from them–often at $50 each!\nOh, and along with the cheap batteries, they specifically write in the warranty contract that the batteries are not covered under the 1 year warranty when bought new.  They obviously wouldn’t do that unless they were uncertain about the batteries lasting.\n\n4. MIRRORLESS CAMERA SPECS ARE (ALMOST) AN OUTRIGHT LIE\nThis is not a “hate on mirrorless” post.  I’m intrigued by the mirrorless cameras and fully believe that eventually we will all be shooting mirrorless; however, the way mirrorless cameras are marketed is almost an outright lie.\nHere’s the lie (I’m quoting Adam Collins who wrote in to me and expressed the issue very clearly): “Most Mirrorless cameras are marketed with false specs in which they rate the focal length as that of a full frame camera, but the maximum APERTURE as the actual f ratio.  For example, an Olympus 12-40 f 2.8 is not equivalent to a full frame 24-80 f 2.8. It is the same as a 24-80 f.5.6, which is not worth $1000 and does not constitute a pro lens by normal standards.”\nThis is tough to understand for those who aren’t particularly nerdy, but basically the camera manufacturers are picking and choosing the way they measure a camera’s specs to make it look better than it really is.\nFor more on this issue, spend a few minutes with the awesome Tony Northrup (who recently joined us on the podcast) in this video where he explains it more clearly.\n\n5. “BRAND NEW SENSOR” USUALLY MEANS “TIRED OLD SENSOR FROM LAST YEAR”\nRemember the Canon Rebel T2i from February 2010?  Canon used that same sensor in the Canon Rebel T3i, and the T4i, and the T5i, and the 60D, and the 7D.\nIt costs millions of dollars to produce a new imaging sensor, so the camera manufacturers often take the same old sensor from cheaper cameras, spruce it up slightly (or sometimes not at all), and bolt it into a more expensive camera.\nThere isn’t necessarily anything wrong with this, but often I see the camera marketing engines taking these new cameras and promising dramatically improved performance, when we all know it’s the exact same sensor with a very tiny change to the way it’s implemented.\nMakes me sad when I see photographers save up money for a long time and buy a new camera only to find out that there is hardly any difference–often because it’s almost the same sensor.  There are plenty of other reasons to upgrade, but I think image quality is certainly the #1 concern of most photographers, and sometimes you don’t get it even by spending more.\n\n6. USING THIRD-PARTY ACCESSORIES DOES NOT VOID THE WARRANTY\nCamera manufacturers like to scare photographers into using only their batteries and accessories, which often cost twice the price of the third-party accessories.  They do this by threatening to void the warranty if you use anything but their own accessories.\nThat’s not true.  While they certainly would not cover any damage done to the camera by the third party accessory, it doesn’t mean that your camera suddenly has no warranty.  Reading through the Nikon limited warranty card shows only the clause “This warranty shall not apply to any defects or damage directly or indirectly caused by the use of unauthorized REPLACEMENT PARTS and/or service performed by unauthorized personnel.”\nHowever, it appears that while this is the policy at Canon and Nikon, other camera manufacturers like Panasonic are less forgiving.\n\n7. NIKON LOOKS FOR ANY EXCUSE TO NOT REPAIR YOUR CAMERA\nI have recently needed to send in cameras for repairs a number of times.  On two occasions, I sent in cameras to Nikon for repair and they sent the camera back, saying they refused to fix the problem with the camera that I asked them to fix, because it could not be restored to “default condition.”\nI pressed a few Nikon repair people as to what “default condition” means, and they said it means anything that they deem to be wrong with the camera.  So if you send in a camera that can be fixed easily, and they can find any excuse to say there is something else wrong with the camera–they won’t repair it.  I pressed them about what was wrong and they said the body was cracked.  Uh… checked it myself and there is not even a hairline crack to be found.  And frankly, even if there were and it doesn’t prevent the camera from shooting and functioning perfectly, who cares!?!?\nTo prove that the fix was simple and the camera was fine otherwise, I took the camera to a local repair shop that fixed the issue easily and inexpensively.  Even in lab tests with Imatest, the camera shoots sharp and functions perfectly. The truth is, they are looking for any excuse to not fix the camera so you’ll be forced to buy another one.\nI am working to find out if Canon, Sony, and others have the same policy or not.  I have had horrible experiences with Nikon repair centers.  I have also had a negative experience with Sony repair, who refused to fix my new camera under warranty because they insisted it had been dropped, but it actually never was.\n\n8.  CAMERAS ARE SHIPPED WITH ONLY BARE BONES FIRMWARE\nJust like how your computer has an operating system, a camera has firmware that determines what the hardware can do.  Most cameras have far more capacity than the camera manufacturers give them.\nAll you have to do is try something like Magic Lantern for Canon or Nikon Hacker, and you’ll quickly see a large list of features that the hardware is capable of doing, but the camera manufacturers keep out.\nTimelapse mode on cameras that don’t have it built in, HDR, video overlays, very long exposures, zebras for exposure viewing, crop mark overlays, faster frame rates, bracketing, and far more–all of this is possible with a free and simple firmware upgrade, but the camera manufacturers refuse to add these features.\n\nHave a good day !",
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