# Cloudflare Advances Post-Quantum Deadline to 2029 After Research Cuts Qubit Requirements - Date: 2026-04-09 - Category: Quantum Computing Google cut the qubit estimate for breaking internet encryption by 20x in March. The more unsettling discovery: the researchers who used to publish those estimates may have already stopped. Cloudflare moved its timeline to 2029. Here is why that matters less than it sounds. ---