A New Strategy for Bitcoin: Waiting for a Quantum Attack to Unfold
The Bitcoin community is considering a drastic shift in its approach to addressing potential quantum computing threats. Instead of proactively freezing vulnerable coins, the new proposal suggests waiting for an actual attack to occur. However, this plan relies on the assumption that the attacker will choose to reveal their capabilities in exchange for a bounty, rather than exploiting the vulnerab…
April 16, 2026, 4:23 a.m.