Proposal Threatens to Lock Quantum-Related Bitcoin: A New Era for Cryptocurrency

A newly proposed Bitcoin protocol, BIP-361, aims to protect the network from potential quantum computer attacks by migrating coins to quantum-resistant addresses. If implemented, this could render non-compliant coins immovable. Meanwhile, AI agents are increasingly handling crypto payments, but research highlights the security risks associated with these services. In other news, CoW Swap suffered a DNS hijacking incident, and the XRP Ledger has integrated zero-knowledge proofs to enable private transactions on the public blockchain.