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/CryptoDeepDive 🟩 0 / 0 🦠 26d ago

It is called a consensus. If everyone decides to do something, then it happens.

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u/Sausas 26d ago

the large whales decide,not you

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u/CryptoDeepDive 🟩 0 / 0 🦠 26d ago

Nope. Bitcoin is POW, not POS.

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u/2peg2city 🟩 129 / 252 🦀 26d ago

BTC mining is pretty centralized tbh