A quantum computer could certainly decrypt 128 bit encryption. If you could do a man in the middle attack, it could decrypt it in a second or less. However, you've already completed your transaction and it's gone. The next time that, you know, those encryption keys will be different. So I think we're at least a decade away from bad guys having maybe two decades away from bad Guys having access to a billion dollar quantum computer.

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