Quote from: headingnorth on July 18, 2025, 11:35:37 PM

Quote

Re: Bitcoin Developers float proposal to freeze Quantum computers.

Freeze quantum computers? What? Your title doesn't make sense. Do you mean freeze legacy addresses?

Yes, a better title would be "Bitcoin developers float proposal to freeze quantum-vulnerable legacy addresses".

Quote from: headingnorth on July 18, 2025, 11:35:37 PM

It looks like this proposal would give bitcoin holders up to 5 years to move your coins to a new quantum-proof address.
Any funds left in legacy addresses after that time would be permanently frozen, but there would be some kind mechanism
to prove ownership to unlock frozen funds.

Freezing funds is an extreme measure, but might be justified given the extreme threat of quantum computing
to the bitcoin network. If they get it right it could work.

This says to me that we are still 5 years away from quantum technology becoming a threat to legacy addresses (otherwise, why allow 5 years to move coins, and not freeze them now and add the recovery option if the threat is already here?).

The quantum topic is almost always misinformation about something that is portrayed as here and now, though is still years away (if ever possible). I suppose the bright side of this proposal is that it insinuates that the threat is still at least 5 years away.