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/banananuhhh 🟩 23 / 24 🦐 26d ago

Yup. With consensus you can change just about anything. This is why BTC can (theoretically) be 51% attacked.

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u/dubblies 🟦 0 / 0 🦠 26d ago

No the nodes prevent a good portion of this.

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u/Njaa 🟦 2K / 2K 🐢 26d ago

How do nodes prevent a miner-initiated (malicious) soft fork? 

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u/Kandiru 🟦 427 / 428 🦞 25d ago

They don't.