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Vitalik Buterin's recent warning that quantum computers capable of cracking the crypto industry's core security (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) could emerge before the 2028 US election is a stark wake-up call, but it's not a doom forecast; the key takeaway is that the crypto industry has a tight four-year deadline to transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC). The good news is that solutions like the standardized NIST PQC algorithms are ready, and $ETH design specifically through features like Account Abstraction gives it a structural advantage to implement the necessary security migration much more smoothly and quickly than older blockchains, making the final outcome dependent on how fast and efficiently the ecosystem coordinates this critical, foundational upgrade.