[vmfunction]

>Timelock puzzles and blockchain are imo hacky solutions to one of the most important outstanding problems in cryptography: securely and trustlessly agreeing on elapsed time.

Digital cryptography will always being a cat and mouse. DES, RSA, Elliptic curve... With intro of quantum computing, it will just fasten up the pace. Some government has start experimenting with quantum entanglement (https://apnews.com/article/china-google-justice-department-6...)

It is all about your threat model. Even that I'm sure someday some smart guy will also figure out how to figure out how to beat that.