Coinbase Prepares Bitcoin Ecosystem for Post-Quantum Security Threat
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Coinbase published an October 13 technical post urging Bitcoin to start preparing for quantum-resistant security before any Q-Day. The post focused on flexible migration design, wallet and custody impacts, and open questions around dormant coins and the pace of transition.
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What it means
Bitcoin holders, custodians, and wallet providers are the groups most directly touched by this now, because Coinbase’s plan is aimed at how transactions would be signed and migrated across the network. That includes large custodians that sign differently from individual users, and it also includes the treatment of dormant coins and lost wallets, both of which remain part of the discussion.
What changes in practice is that a migration plan would have to deal with more than one technical switch at once: signature upgrades, fund movement, wallet design, and Bitcoin’s limited block space. What does not change yet is the network’s current state, since the proposal is still an input to discussion rather than a final company position.
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| 28 days ago | Terrifying iPhone Exploit Threatens Crypto Holders event | 1 actors in common · 3 news media |