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Seems like the space is being blindfolded by the lack of noise around the quantum threat to BTC. But less noise about a threat doesn’t mean it’s no longer a threat. There have been several proposals aimed at making BTC quantum-safe. Two of them are BIP-360 and BIP-361. Here’s what both proposals are about. BIP-360 (P2MR or Pay-to-Merkle-Root) aims to reduce key exposure by design. BIP-361 (Post-Quantum Migration and Legacy Signature Sunset), proposed by Jameson Lopp and others, outlines a phased approach: a multi-year window to migrate to quantum-resistant outputs, followed by tighter rules or restrictions on legacy ECDSA/Schnorr spends, with possible recovery mechanisms for some unmigrated coins through seed proofs. One reason these proposals could be useful is that hash-based schemes like SPHINCS+-style signatures and other post-quantum signatures are under active development and testing. Soft forks introducing new address types and signature schemes are one way Bitcoin can handle major protocol upgrades, as it has done with SegWit and Taproot. Europol and others have also recommended proactive migration and post-quantum cryptography adoption. Wallets, exchanges, and users will need to coordinate the migration, but this is an engineering and social challenge that can potentially be solved. That said, my POV on the whole quantum threat is that if it ever comes to that, the damage could be less severe than many expect. Why do I say so? If the community moves coins to new quantum-safe addresses in time, and the necessary address types are available before the real threat materializes, the majority of actively held coins could be protected. The chain itself could continue operating, although the market reaction could still be sharp if quantum progress accelerates faster than expected or a sudden breakthrough occurs. Some coins would remain vulnerable or effectively frozen: Lost keys, dormant Satoshi-era coins, and other unspendable holdings cannot easily migrate. Proposals like BIP-361 contemplate eventually restricting or freezing legacy signatures so attackers cannot simply drain vulnerable coins. This is controversial because it prioritizes security over the principle that anyone should always be able to spend coins with the original key. However, it is on the table precisely because unrestricted quantum recovery of old coins is unattractive to many. With soft forks and migration, the protocol can adapt. But the main residual risks are timing mismatches, coordination, the fraction of the supply that cannot or will not move (unmigratable supply), and the impact on market confidence. That points to potentially contained rather than catastrophic damage to Bitcoin as a system, even if some individual holdings are affected and there is temporary market disruption. The “quantum will instantly kill Bitcoin” framing overstates the threat. The “do nothing and it will be fine forever” framing understates the need to prepare. What do you think about the risks?

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One last dance Messi🤍

Thank you Lionel Messi for all you’ve done for the football world 🤍

At this point in this space, nobody really cares about how a protocol works under the hood What matters most right now is market sentiment Fundamentals can be solid, the tech can be impressive, the product can be working but if the market doesn’t care, the price usually reflects that And when sentiment shifts, everything can move fast. What a day we’re in😭

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adding to this: the missing piece is not only chargebacks on purchases The pain path is the “oh shit I sent it to the wrong wallet” moment a payment network that would let you pay someone and, if the address is wrong, still have a path that doesn’t start with etherscan pay with a name, not a 42-character string see who you’re sending to before you hit confirm, send a test amount first if they haven’t moved the funds, give a short window to pull it back if they are in the network, open a chat from that same payment so you can ask them to return it chat is useful an empty address, a contract, or an exchange hot wallet still can’t talk back. so build both: visa-style disputes for “merchant didn’t ship” and send-safety for “I typed the wrong wallet”

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Pulled 207 points out of the sealed grid at @ZecMap_ before the void could rug me. Beat that. zecmap.world/whitelist?score… hehe Who else is loving this

Put my name down for ZADDR. Let’s see how this plays xitter.cf/zaddrnet/status/210094…

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