Proposed Bitcoin Protocol Aims to Protect Against Quantum Computing Threats

A recently proposed Bitcoin protocol, known as Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP)-361, aims to defend against potential quantum computing threats by migrating coins to quantum-resistant addresses. If implemented, this could render non-compliant coins unusable. The proposal comes as a Google report warns that a sufficiently powerful quantum computer could compromise the Bitcoin blockchain more easily than previously thought. Meanwhile, research highlights the vulnerabilities in AI-powered crypto payment infrastructure, particularly in 'LLM routers' that can serve as attack vectors for malicious actors. In other news, CoW Swap, a decentralized trading interface, temporarily halted services due to a DNS hijacking incident, and the XRP Ledger has integrated zero-knowledge proofs to enable private transactions on the public blockchain.