Quantum Computing

A technical yet readable assessment of quantum risk to BTC: CoinShares argues the threat is distant and manageable; this article explains why current keys are safe, practical mitigation paths, and what custody teams should do now.

This piece weighs Michael Saylor’s warning that protocol mutability is Bitcoin’s greatest risk against the quantum-computing narrative, assessing engineering trade-offs, developer activity, and sensible priorities for custodians and node operators.

Quantum computing poses a credible long‑term threat to Bitcoin’s signature security, but timelines and risk profiles vary widely. This article translates current research into concrete mitigation steps CTOs and institutional custodians can act on now.

This technical explainer unpacks how quantum computing threatens elliptic‑curve security for BTC and why zero‑knowledge cryptography is emerging as a pragmatic, non‑consensus stopgap. It ends with a prioritized checklist custodians and protocol teams can use to assess exposure and plan mitigations.

An authoritative explainer for CTOs and security leads on the quantum-computing risk to blockchains, what post‑quantum cryptography (PQC) means, industry responses like Solana’s Project Eleven, and concrete migration steps for operators, exchanges and custodians.