Maretus
@maretus
Is there like legitimately a plan for what happens when quantum computers crack encryption? The most conservative estimates are now putting it less than a decade away, with many saying 2029 of 2030. To me, it sounds like the world is 5 years away from breaking Bitcoin. But i dont have a super strong understanding of this stuff. I know there is quantum resistant encryption and I hope Eth and others will figure that out. But, can Bitcoin realistically be updated as well?n
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Sinaver Idrisov
@sinaver.eth
in the worst case they will fork it with better security, so nothing happens long-term, mid-term if they don't get consensus on upgrading nodes with post-quantum encryption algos it will plummet and stay at very lows for few or more years.
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