Bitcoin Developers Propose Freezing Coins to Counter Quantum Threats, Sparking Community Backlash
The promise of Bitcoin has always been that no one can access your coins without your private key. However, this promise is now being challenged by the developer community as they try to build defenses against future quantum computers that could compromise the Bitcoin blockchain. A proposal, Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP)-361, has been updated, which could force bitcoin holders to migrate the…
April 15, 2026, 6:05 a.m.