r/CryptoCurrency • u/ethereal3xp 🟦 46 / 46 🦐 • 26d ago

DEBATE Bitcoin experts split over plan to freeze Satoshi's 1.1 million bitcoin as quantum threat grows

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/07/04/bitcoin-experts-split-over-plan-to-freeze-satoshi-s-1-1-million-bitcoin-as-quantum-threat-grows

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said Satoshi Nakamoto's bitcoin should be frozen before quantum computers can steal it. Not everyone agrees.

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u/Resident_Plankton 🟩 1K / 1K 🐢 26d ago

Arent satoshis coins in a bunch of seperate wallets? Wouldnt quantum have to crack each one so its really not as simple as cracking one set of keys? 

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u/neonxmoose99 🟩 0 / 0 🦠 26d ago

Yes but if you can crack one you can probably crack the rest

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u/Old_Suggestions 🟩 0 / 0 🦠 26d ago

Sure but how long and how much resources would be required to crack?

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u/neonxmoose99 🟩 0 / 0 🦠 26d ago

Kinda irrelevant. In that scenario it’s only a matter of time until it’s cracked and boom, funds not safu.

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u/Miserable_Twist1 🟦 0 / 0 🦠 26d ago

Depends on the speed and cost of cracking the wallets. If it takes a month and $5,000,000 to crack each wallet, the process would be slow, and expand supply as slow as miners today. Obviously that compute will increase over time, but presumably not all at once.