Hoskinson Says Bitcoin’s Quantum Plan Risks Stranding Its Oldest Coins
Charles Hoskinson has sharpened the debate over Bitcoin’s post-quantum future by arguing that BIP-361, the draft proposal meant to protect the network from a future break in current signature schemes, would not merely harden Bitcoin against a distant technical threat. In his view, the plan would force a migration that many of the network’s oldest […]
BIP-361 Wants to Turn Quantum Risk Into a Market Pressure Campaign
BIP-361, titled Post Quantum Migration and Legacy Signature Sunset, would push Bitcoin toward a long, staged break from legacy ECDSA and Schnorr signatures by making inaction increasingly costly for holders who leave funds in quantum-vulnerable outputs. Rather than offering explicit rewards for upgrading, the proposal tries to convert future cryptographic risk into a private financial […]