Peter Todd’s Tail Emissions Pitch Sparks Bitcoin Inflation Debate
Bitcoin developer Peter Todd’s proposal to give miners a permanent stream of new bitcoin has triggered a fresh backlash from users who see the 21 million supply limit as the…
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US Lawmaker Pushes Crypto Developer Protections as Senate Weighs CLARITY Act
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden urged Senate leaders to preserve legal protections for non-custodial blockchain developers in the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, drawing crypto policy support while leaving his final…
Bitcoin Developers Propose Freezing Coins That Skip Quantum-Safe Migration Under BIP-361
A draft proposal circulating among Bitcoin developers would give holders roughly five years to move their coins to quantum-resistant addresses or watch them become permanently unspendable on the network. Key…
The Retroactive Decryption Trap: Why Post-Quantum Upgrades Can’t Save Your Past Privacy
Google’s whitepaper warns that quantum computers may break current cryptography by 2029. Computer scientist Guy Zyskind says post‑quantum cryptography—particularly lattice‑based schemes and encrypted mempools—is essential to secure blockchains. Reframing the…
Citrea Foundation Forms to Advance Bitcoin Programmable Infrastructure and Decentralization
The newly established Citrea Foundation will oversee the growth and decentralized governance of Bitcoin’s application layer through research and grants. On March 2, 2026, the Citrea Foundation was introduced as…
Bitcoin’s Draft BIP 360 Introduces P2MR in Push Toward Quantum Resistance
Bitcoin developers have updated draft BIP 360 to introduce Pay-to-Merkle-Root (P2MR), a proposed output type designed to reduce long-term quantum risk while retaining Taproot’s scripting flexibility. The proposal removes Taproot’s…
Nic Carter Maps Developer Views on Quantum Threats to Bitcoin Security
Bitcoin developers largely dismiss quantum computing as a near-term threat to network security, according to an index of public statements compiled by Nic Carter. Carter’s Index Shows Bitcoin Developers Largely…
Crypto Policy Shift in Motion as Lawmakers Move to Protect Non-Custodial Blockchain Builders
Bipartisan legislation seeks to protect U.S. blockchain developers from being treated like financial intermediaries, aiming to remove legal uncertainty that supporters say has slowed innovation and pushed digital asset development…
Nic Carter Says Bitcoin Devs Are ‘Sleepwalking’ Toward a Quantum Reckoning
Bitcoin venture capitalist Nic Carter has reignited the debate over Bitcoin’s long-term security with a sweeping report on quantum computing risk, arguing that the real danger is not just cryptography,…
Quantumroot Debuts on Bitcoin Cash: First Post-Quantum Vault on Bitcoin Script
Developer Jason Dreyzehner has unveiled Quantumroot, the first fully implemented, integration-ready post-quantum vault system built directly in Bitcoin Script. The breakthrough positions Bitcoin Cash as one of the major cryptocurrencies…