Post-quantum money

Google strongly hinting that it's time to upgrade to post-quantum cryptography https://t.co/phI5CO6BMv https://t.co/rQBdlAlko5

The first visible quantum attacks will produce a similar effect and weaken consensus.
If quantum resistant addresses are already deployed the effect will be strongly damped.

Critical mass achieved

"If Bitcoin requires an upgrade" 💀

The floor is much lower folks.

Quantum advantage and beyond classical demonstrations are a recurrent topic of the top quantum papers of the last 6 months on scirate: https://t.co/To8UUkBz13

The dirty reality is that ECC Bitcoin is a bet on the judgement of those people. https://t.co/RpcUrvEZYU

Things are getting serious https://t.co/t2VSKjpxwK

If Bitcoin had fully quantum resistant addresses, such a crash would be irrational even in a face-off between world powers.

At which price will Bitcoin enable PQC addresses?

It fits the character.
Back and Epstein want you to keep using ECC.

Darwin awards will be won from procrastinating on quantum.

The entire ecosystem must be upgraded to post-quantum cryptography

*Every* blockchain listed on Coinbase is vulnerable to quantum computing.

Either they all upgrade or they get replaced by something better.

Should different parts of a privacy blockchain have different degrees of quantum resistance?

No, we need a uniform 128-bit standard.

Quantum resistant privacy engineered for 128-bit of quantum resistance for note encryption, authentication and soundness!

Post-quantum crypto builders before 2026 https://t.co/TyZZ2Vq2Uc

We deployed the first quantum resistant wallet on Ethereum in 2023 💪🛡✌️
They are still there! https://t.co/hSWzSdUrd2

Massive cryptographic migration ahead

Great way to illustrate how social inertia gets in the way of upgrading Bitcoin to PQC. https://t.co/9A0lQD4PdE

"Full quantum-resistance. We should resist the trap of saying "let's delay quantum-resistance until the last possible moment in the name of ekeing out more efficiencies for a while longer". "

Lamport signatures work already, having op_codes for cheaper ML-DSA and SLH-DSA could secure most of the critical value @VitalikButerin .

Quantum attacks will cost million and take hours at first, so the large cold wallets and smart contracts must be the first concerned.

2026 Year of Quantum Security

Upgrade your crypto!