Quote from: pancelot on September 05, 2025, 05:02:56 PM

I'm a new member of this forum, and I've been reading a lot of the discussions. I see a lot of discussion about prices, ETFs, and market trends... but I wonder if the real threat to Bitcoin itself actually comes from the underlying technology? I've seen that, according to a recent report, quantum computing could crack Bitcoin's legacy security system within 5-10 years, and the transition to a post-quantum protocol could take up to 76 days of total downtime.
You can see this in this journal: https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.16965?utm

Well, in my opinion, if we look at it from another perspective, zero-knowledge proof applications—such as zk-STARK for proof-of-reserve, trustless light clients, and private rollups—offer quite elegant solutions. (But perhaps from my perspective and new knowledge, you may have your own views and analysis.) I saw this in this journal: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21085?utm

So, what do you think? "Actually, how critical is this quantum threat? Could ZKP be its successor? And what would the implementation roadmap for this technology be if implemented on the Bitcoin network?"

That is FUD and fake news spread by enemies of Bitcoin. Quantum computing is still far off 50, maybe even 100 years away. Long before that, banks, your bank account, Visa, MasterCard, and the fiat system will be at risk, because they use weaker cryptography than Bitcoin. When we see banks moving to quantum cryptography, then we’ll know we’re close and that Bitcoin upgrades are coming. Until then, you shouldn’t believe everything you hear or read, because there is a lot of FUD and fake news.