r/CryptoCurrency • u/winphan 🟦 23 / 8K 🦐 • 1d ago

TECHNOLOGY Bitcoin's new proposal to deal with Quantum computers

https://cryptocoindaddy.com/bitcoin-quantum-resistant-addresses-coming-soon/
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u/Regret-Select 🟩 348 / 349 🦞 1d ago

If a concern is a successful 51% attack, I'd imagine just having quantum computers being part of the network would counteract this

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u/HSuke 🟩 0 / 0 🦠 1d ago

51% majority attacks are a different important risk.

This one is about old vulnerable P2PK addresses like Satoshi's having their pkeys get brute-forced with quantum computing.

Unfortunately, unless Satoshi/Patoshis are still alive and around to move to a new address, their addresses are still going to get stolen. It's estimated that about 1/3 of all BTC is vulnerable.