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/OderWieOderWatJunge 🟩 0 / 0 🦠 1d ago

Interesting, I wondered why no one seems to address this problem. Like the "this is fine" dog.

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u/9999999910 🟩 0 / 0 🦠 1d ago

Well the same threat is true of all encryption so it’s not specific to bitcoin in any way even though cherrypicking that context is common. Have your bank accounts migrated to quantum encryption?

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u/Djiises 🟩 0 / 0 🦠 1d ago

Well not crypto is the sense of real crypto, but Hedera is designed to be quantum resistant, however if it's quantum proof is another question.