A futurist predicts that there would be a runaway cycle of self-improvement by intelligent machines, leading to the technological singularity for 2045.
Builders should focus on creating products with user protection, product security, and encryption as priorities.
Quantum computing could expose vulnerabilities in payment security, private keys, forged transactions, and the trust model of blockchain itself.
The products that will survive in 2045 will have the ability to learn, secure, trace, sustain, and care, built on these five enduring pillars.