QUANTUM & BITCOIN

Summary from the TLDR Crypto newsletter

Quantum computing is transitioning from “remote theory” to a plausible engineering timeline, and Bitcoin's slow governance means the network needs to start post-quantum prep now, not when a “Q-day” headline hits. The core fears include keys getting cracked, panic, contentious forks, and institutional confidence breaking if the community has to decide under duress. Furthermore, there's a world where millions of BTC in old “pay-to-public-key” outputs (including Satoshi-era coins) that can't be proactively migrated, forcing a future decision between freezing them or letting a quantum-capable attacker scoop them.