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Bitcoin just quietly beat quantum computers to the punch. 🛡️ On Aug 26, StarkWare researcher Avihu Levy's team mined the first quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction on mainnet — in block 964,199. No soft fork. No hard fork. No protocol upgrade. It just worked, using Bitcoin's existing rules. 🔹 Method: "QSB" (Quantum Safe Bitcoin) — swaps elliptic-curve exposure for hash-based signature grinding 🔹 Security: ~118-bit resistance against Shor's algorithm (the quantum attack that threatens BTC keys) 🔹 Moved: 10,000 sats, sent directly to a miner via MARA's Slipstream service since normal nodes won't relay the nonstandard format 🔹 Cost: ~$150-200 and hours of GPU time — not cheap, not mainstream-ready yet 🔹 Stakes: Coinbase's quantum advisory council estimates ~7 million BTC is currently exposed through reused or revealed public keys This isn't "Bitcoin is quantum-safe now." It's proof a real defense exists before quantum computers are actually a threat — and StarkWare's own CEO is using this moment to push harder for a proper protocol-level soft fork (BIP-360). The quantum conversation just went from theoretical to on-chain. 👀 Do you think Bitcoin gets its quantum soft fork before this ever becomes urgent? Sources: StarkWare blog, Decrypt, Bitcoin Magazine, Cryptonomist (reporting from Aug 26-27, 2026) #bitcoin #quantamsafe #BTC #BinanceSquareTalks #antiquantumbitcointransactionminedonmainnet
Bitcoin just quietly beat quantum computers to the punch. 🛡️

On Aug 26, StarkWare researcher Avihu Levy's team mined the first quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction on mainnet — in block 964,199. No soft fork. No hard fork. No protocol upgrade. It just worked, using Bitcoin's existing rules.
🔹 Method: "QSB" (Quantum Safe Bitcoin) — swaps elliptic-curve exposure for hash-based signature grinding
🔹 Security: ~118-bit resistance against Shor's algorithm (the quantum attack that threatens BTC keys)
🔹 Moved: 10,000 sats, sent directly to a miner via MARA's Slipstream service since normal nodes won't relay the nonstandard format
🔹 Cost: ~$150-200 and hours of GPU time — not cheap, not mainstream-ready yet
🔹 Stakes: Coinbase's quantum advisory council estimates ~7 million BTC is currently exposed through reused or revealed public keys
This isn't "Bitcoin is quantum-safe now." It's proof a real defense exists before quantum computers are actually a threat — and StarkWare's own CEO is using this moment to push harder for a proper protocol-level soft fork (BIP-360).
The quantum conversation just went from theoretical to on-chain. 👀
Do you think Bitcoin gets its quantum soft fork before this ever becomes urgent?
Sources: StarkWare blog, Decrypt, Bitcoin Magazine, Cryptonomist (reporting from Aug 26-27, 2026)

#bitcoin #quantamsafe #BTC #BinanceSquareTalks

#antiquantumbitcointransactionminedonmainnet
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