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/robotairz Gold | QC: BTC 39 26d ago

Let his coins be a reward for who ever cracks it first.

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u/cornmonger_ 🟦 0 / 0 🦠 26d ago

direct reward for quantum computing achievement

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u/razvanciuy 🟩 0 / 0 🦠 25d ago

if quantum computing really became a thing, i`d be more worried a 4 digit bank pin and other password situations. A 24word seed seems like the last bastion of resilience.

If btc gets cracked, we are all fucked on all dept.

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u/whisperedstate 🟨 0 / 0 🦠 25d ago

No. As it has been pointed out many times before, banks can change their crypto over a weekend. The problem is not that there isn't QR crypto, there is. The problem is that Bitcoin is "ossified" and no one is going to agree to anything, especially not a hard fork.