Blockchain technology company Starkware stated that on August 26, a transaction using a researcher Avihu Levy anti-quantum Bitcoin (QSB) proposal was mined on the Bitcoin mainnet, without requiring a soft fork, hard fork, or modification of the consensus rules. The transaction consumed 10,000 sats and was processed via the MARA Foundation’s Slipstream service. Because the format is non-standard, it typically cannot propagate through Bitcoin’s public mempool.
The GPU computation for testing took several hours and cost approximately $150 to $200. QSB uses hash-function-based anti-quantum spending conditions, and reduces the risk of quantum attacks through signature-based trial mining; however, users still need to actively migrate their funds, and it cannot protect assets whose public keys have already been exposed. Starkware CEO Eli Ben-Sasson still supports rolling out protocol-level solutions via a soft fork. (Bitcoin.com News)
The GPU computation for testing took several hours and cost approximately $150 to $200. QSB uses hash-function-based anti-quantum spending conditions, and reduces the risk of quantum attacks through signature-based trial mining; however, users still need to actively migrate their funds, and it cannot protect assets whose public keys have already been exposed. Starkware CEO Eli Ben-Sasson still supports rolling out protocol-level solutions via a soft fork. (Bitcoin.com News)