New Bitcoin Proposal Aims to Protect Against Quantum Computer Threats

A recent Bitcoin proposal, BIP-361, suggests migrating coins to quantum-resistant addresses to prevent potential theft by powerful quantum computers. This comes as a Google report warns that such machines could compromise the Bitcoin blockchain sooner than expected. Meanwhile, research highlights the security risks of AI agents in crypto payments, and CoW Swap temporarily halts services due to a DNS hijacking incident. In other news, the XRP Ledger integrates zero-knowledge proofs to enable private transactions on the public blockchain, addressing a key barrier to institutional adoption.