Freezing Dormant Bitcoin: A Threat to the Network's Core Value Proposition
A proposal to freeze approximately 5.6 million dormant bitcoin, currently valued at $440 billion, has sparked intense debate within the cryptocurrency community. Proponents of the plan, including core Bitcoin developer Jameson Lopp, argue that it is essential to protect these tokens from potential theft via quantum computing. However, critics, such as Samuel 'Chad' Patt and Kent Halliburton, cont…