What do you think will be the impact of quantum computers on Bitcoin's price?
IonQ says they would have a machine powerful enough by 2028.
That bar only holds if the size needed to beat secp256k1 doesn't go down as it has many times over.
How much is exposed
about 6.3 million BTC in outputs whose public key is already visible Source
about 2.3 million BTC dormant and unlikely to ever move to safe addresses Source
50 to 65% of all ETH has an exposed key at rest, by one estimate Source
Assuming, Bitcoin does migrate on time. I don't see many options here.
Just locking out those millions? That would cut the supply significantly. So a rise of the price?
Centralized exchanges probably will automatically migrate but a lot of holders hold their own keys and they'd have to all migrate on time? What is the plan? When does it get to dangerous to hold? So a price drop then? I am pretty confused.
Quantum threat tracker -> Bitcoin
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