9 crypto companies announced the formation of the Quantum Alliance, estimating that approximately 6400000 BTC public keys have been exposed
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9 crypto companies form a quantum alliance, saying approximately 30.2%Bitcoin public keys have been exposed.
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9 crypto companies formed the Quantum Alliance, stating that the public keys of the total Bitcoin supply 30.2%have been exposed
PANews October 16 reported, citing CoinDesk, that 9 crypto companies announced the formation of the Quantum Alliance, which will develop universal post-quantum security standards for blockchain networks including Bitcoin and Ethereum, and publish security testing and migration guidelines. Members include Hacken,Midnight Foundation, Quantus, and Postquant Labs. The alliance estimates that approximately 6400000 BTC(accounting for 30.2%of the total supply) have exposed public keys, including approximately 1100000 held by Satoshi Nakamoto, but current quantum computers cannot crack them.Postquant Labs CTO Richard Carback believes this threat could emerge in 2028 years, advocating transferring rather than freezing the threatened BTC。The Vault CR...
Key points
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9 crypto companies announced the formation of the Quantum Alliance.
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The alliance will develop universal post-quantum security standards for blockchain networks including Bitcoin and Ethereum, and publish security testing and migration guidelines.
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Members include Hacken,Midnight Foundation, Quantus, and Postquant Labs。
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The alliance estimates that approximately 6400000 BTC, or 30.2%% of the total supply, 1100000 public keys have been exposed, including approximately BTC。
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Current quantum computers cannot yet break the relevant cryptographic systems.
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Postquant Labs CTO Richard Carback believes this threat could emerge in 2028 and advocates transferring, rather than freezing, the threatened BTC。
AI-assisted interpretation
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Quantum computers could eventually threaten the public-key cryptography used by blockchains. The alliance plans to develop protection standards and migration guidelines, but the reported scale of exposure and assessment of the timing of the threat are primarily estimates by the alliance and related individuals.
Why it matters to readers
If the relevant estimates prove accurate, Bitcoin holders and blockchain projects may need to focus on cryptographic upgrades and asset migration; meanwhile, post-quantum security standards, testing, and migration services may attract attention.
Ordinary users do not need to take immediate action based on this for now, but should monitor whether project teams publish formal post-quantum upgrade or migration plans.
Risks and unknowns
Approximately 6400000 BTC public keys have been exposed; this estimate has not yet been independently verified by the evidence.
The assessment that the quantum threat could emerge in 2028 comes from Richard Carback and has not yet been independently verified.
The evidence does not specify whether the Quantum Alliance’s complete membership list, draft standards, or migration guidelines have been formally published.
The evidence does not specify whether Bitcoin or Ethereum clients have proposed post-quantum migration plans.
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Public key
The key in a key pair that is available to the recipient and is used to verify the validity of the sender’s digital signature.
