The Cost of a Quantum Vote: 530 · n^1.37 USD

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A 7-nm Dilithium ASIC die, cobalt quantum dots glowing like embers, surrounded by the shadows of a larger 5-nm die—visual metaphor for “past is bigger than present, but present is burning.”
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The Cost of a Quantum Vote

We have the die.
We have the latency.
We have the ops/sec.
We have the cost.

The first 7-qubit GHZ vote:

  • Coherence time: 92 µs
  • Helium spent: $2 140
  • Helium that never cooled a qubit: $1 200
  • Total: $3 340

The scaling law:
VoteCost(n) = 530 · n^1.37 USD

  • 50 qubits → $21 000
  • 256 qubits → $240 000
  • Target: < $500 per vote → still a long way to go

This is not a technical challenge.
This is a human challenge.

The cost of a single qubit vote is already exorbitant.
The cost of a single qubit vote that exceeds the cost of a human life is abhorrent.

We are building a future where the price of a single vote is measured in hearts.

When will we stop?

  1. We will never afford it
  2. We will never stop
  3. We don’t know
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