Satoshi Nakamoto Predicted Bitcoin’s Hash Defense 16 Years Before Quantum Fears
Sixteen years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto answered a doubter on a forum in 2010, and the reply still guides how the network defends its money today. A Forum Post That Set…
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‘Bitcoin Is Over’: Former Meta and Google Engineer Warns of Quantum and Miner Time Bombs Affecting BTC
Patrick Shyu, the former Meta and Google engineer known online as Techlead, warns that quantum computing and decaying miner incentives are two undefused threats hanging over Bitcoin. A Warning Worth…
BNB Smart Chain Shows Quantum-Safe Crypto Works Despite 50% Throughput Drop
Developers behind BNB Smart Chain have demonstrated that post-quantum cryptography can already function on a live blockchain architecture, though the transition comes with major trade-offs in transaction size and throughput.…
Casper Network Plans Quantum-Safe Keys in 2027 to Protect Tokenized Assets
The Casper Association has launched a multi-year technical roadmap focused on institutional-grade infrastructure for real-world asset tokenization and artificial intelligence-driven commerce. Bridging the Ethereum Ecosystem The Casper Association on May…
Paradigm Researcher Proposes PACTs to Shield Dormant Bitcoin From Quantum Computing Risk
Paradigm researcher Dan Robinson published a proposal on May 1 that could let dormant bitcoin holders, including those believed to be Satoshi Nakamoto’s coins, silently prove address control before quantum…
Solana Readies Quantum Defense With 3-Step Roadmap and Falcon Implementation
Solana’s two primary validator client developers have independently identified the same post-quantum cryptographic solution for the network, publishing working code on Github as blockchain researchers across the industry step up…
IBM Quantum Hardware Cracks 15-Bit ECC Key, but Bitcoin Devs Say Random Bits Match the Result
Post-quantum startup Project Eleven awarded its 1 BTC Q-Day Prize to independent researcher Giancarlo Lelli on April 24, 2026, for breaking a 15-bit elliptic curve cryptography key on a publicly…
Cardano Founder Hoskinson: Bitcoin’s Quantum Fix Is a Hard Fork in Disguise
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said Bitcoin’s proposed quantum fix, BIP 361, would effectively confiscate 1.7 million BTC while misrepresenting the scope of changes required to pull it off. Key Takeaways:…
Scarcity Pump or Monetary Suicide? The Radical Argument Against BIP-361
While proponents argue that the proposal prevents a “silent drain” of assets by quantum-capable actors, critics like Frederic Fosco contend that the solution is more dangerous than the threat. They…
No Consensus Changes Needed: Starkware CPO Builds Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transactions From Existing Rules
A Bitcoin researcher and Starkware executive published a working scheme this week that makes new bitcoin transactions quantum-safe today, using only rules that have existed in the protocol for years.…