Bitcoin Should Wait On Quantum Fixes, Says Epoch Ventures

Epoch Ventures founder Erik Yakes is urging bitcoin investors and protocol watchers to slow down on quantum “panic” and resist premature upgrades, arguing that the practical threat to Bitcoin’s cry...

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Bitcoin Should Wait On Quantum Fixes, Says Epoch Ventures

Source: Bitcoinist.com

Epoch Ventures founder Erik Yakes is urging bitcoin investors and protocol watchers to slow down on quantum “panic” and resist premature upgrades, arguing that the practical threat to Bitcoin’s cryptography remains unproven and that moving too early could lock the network into inefficient signature schemes for years. In a section on quantum risk in his […]