6 MILLION $BTC COULD BE EXPOSED TO QUANTUM ATTACKS.
Nine crypto organizations, including Quantus, Keystone and Hacken, have launched the Quantum Alliance to establish shared standards for testing quantum resistance across blockchains and wallets.
Their estimate puts 6.04 million BTC, around 30% of total supply, in the quantum-exposed category.
No quantum computer can steal those coins today. But the concern is real: a powerful enough machine could eventually derive private keys from exposed public keys.
The bigger challenge isn’t only developing quantum-resistant cryptography. It’s getting existing networks, wallets and users to migrate before the technology catches up.
The industry has time to prepare.
The question is whether it will use that time well.
Nine crypto organizations, including Quantus, Keystone and Hacken, have launched the Quantum Alliance to establish shared standards for testing quantum resistance across blockchains and wallets.
Their estimate puts 6.04 million BTC, around 30% of total supply, in the quantum-exposed category.
No quantum computer can steal those coins today. But the concern is real: a powerful enough machine could eventually derive private keys from exposed public keys.
The bigger challenge isn’t only developing quantum-resistant cryptography. It’s getting existing networks, wallets and users to migrate before the technology catches up.
The industry has time to prepare.
The question is whether it will use that time well.