Bitcoin Faces Quantum Risk — New Proposal Could Lock Vulnerable Coins
Buried inside a new Bitcoin security proposal is a provision that could save stragglers from losing everything. Related Reading: Crypto Gains Ally As Former CFTC Chair Becomes Full-Time Adviser Anyone who misses the upgrade deadline but still holds their seed phrase would have a path to recovery through zero-knowledge proof technology — a last-resort mechanism […]
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Just over 10,000 Bitcoin — out of nearly 20 million in circulation — sits in wallets actually exposed to a quantum attack. Related Reading: US Moves Bitcoin During Iran Strikes — Market Watches Closely That number comes from CoinShares, a crypto asset management firm, which found in February that only 10,230 coins are both vulnerable […]
Quantum risk has become a recurring stress point in Bitcoin discourse, often framed as an existential threat. The claim usually follows a familiar arc: quantum computing is advancing quickly, cryptography is vulnerable, and Bitcoin isn’t adapting fast enough. Marty Bent doesn’t buy that framing. In his Dec. 14 episode, Bent acknowledged that quantum computing represents […]
Bitcoin’s quantum problem is still years away, but Bernstein says 1.7 million BTC sitting in early address types could be among the most exposed if the technology ever gets there. Related Reading: XRP Faces No Immediate Quantum Threat As Only 0.03% Supply Seen At Risk: Analyst That includes an estimated 1.1 million BTC tied to Satoshi Nakamoto, which would matter only if quantum machines become strong enough to break today’s encryption. Legacy Wallets In Focus Bernstein’s view is not that Bitcoin faces a near-term collapse. The firm’s analysts describe the issue as a “manageable upgrade....
Project 11 CEO Alex Pruden is challenging a CoinShares estimate that only 10,200 bitcoin sit in “genuinely” quantum-vulnerable legacy addresses, arguing instead that roughly 6.9 million BTC could be exposed if cryptographically relevant quantum computers arrive sooner than the market expects. The dispute, amplified by Castle Island partner Nic Carter, goes to the heart of […]
Google’s Quantum AI team recently issued an interesting warning to the cryptocurrency industry, noting how the mathematical foundation securing Bitcoin and most other digital assets may be far more vulnerable to quantum computers than previously believed. In a recent research blog post, Google said the quantum resources needed to attack the elliptic curve cryptography used […]