[Verse 1] Twenty-twenty-four brought standards to the door NIST released the cryptographic core Post-quantum shields to guard what we adore But danger lurks in years that lie in store Federal agencies got one year to prepare Twenty-twenty-five, migration plans laid bare While quantum computers multiply their stare Breaking down the codes we thought were there [Chorus] Five-year gap, five-year trap Between the breakthrough and the deadline snap Twenty-twenty-eight to thirty-five That's when legacy crypto won't survive Gap, trap, deadline snap Ion Q's climbing, no time to nap [Verse 2] Twenty-twenty-six brings HQC to light Code-based armor ready for the fight Twenty-twenty-seven, Ion Q takes flight Ten thousand physical, eight hundred logical might Twenty-twenty-eight, the danger zone begins Sixteen hundred logical qubits spin Your RSA encryption wearing thin While quantum processors collect their wins [Chorus] Five-year gap, five-year trap Between the breakthrough and the deadline snap Twenty-twenty-eight to thirty-five That's when legacy crypto won't survive Gap, trap, deadline snap Ion Q's climbing, no time to nap [Bridge] Twenty-twenty-nine, six thousand strong Ion Q's quantum army marching on Twenty-thirty, NIST says "so long" To algorithms we've relied upon IBM waits till thirty-three Two thousand logical, what will be? Thirty-five, the final decree "Stop using" what once kept us free [Verse 3] Roadmaps whisper twenty-twenty-eight Quantum capability can't wait But NIST's timeline seals our fate Five years exposed, don't hesitate Migration plans need urgency Bridge the gap with strategy Before the quantum insurgency Cracks our digital treasury [Chorus] Five-year gap, five-year trap Between the breakthrough and the deadline snap Twenty-twenty-eight to thirty-five That's when legacy crypto won't survive Gap, trap, deadline snap Better start your quantum map [Outro] Timeline's ticking, choices stark Don't get caught between the marks Quantum dawn, cryptographic arc Prepare before we miss the mark
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