Nine major Bitcoin firms launched a consortium pledging $15 million to support Bitcoin security research and long-term resilience, including quantum readiness.
Galaxy Digital launched a Bitcoin Quantum Readiness Initiative to help prepare the Bitcoin network for the potential threat posed by powerful quantum computers.
Guillaume Girard of UTXO Management argues that while a quantum computer capable of breaking Bitcoin may never arrive, the network must prepare now because protocol changes move slowly, like a state legislature.
BIP-361 proposes migrating Bitcoin away from legacy cryptographic signatures to quantum-resistant alternatives through a phased deadline that could eventually make unmigrated coins permanently unspendable.
Bernstein says quantum computing is a real threat to Bitcoin but not an emergency, arguing the industry likely has three to five years to upgrade to post-quantum security.
Satoshi’s early vision for Bitcoin’s quantum recovery plan is being reexamined in 2026 as new Google research suggests the timeline for cryptographically relevant quantum computing may be closer than expected.
