StarkWare Launches QSB Optimization Challenge for Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transactions
- —Challenge launched September 16 with Yukon Research and Eigen Labs
- —QSB replaces ECDSA with hash-based protection without a Bitcoin soft fork
- —First QSB transaction mined on mainnet on August 26 via MARA Slipstream
- —Glassnode: 6.04M BTC (30.2% of supply) have exposed public keys
Why it matters: QSB is a limited but soft-fork-free path to quantum resistance; cutting GPU costs could accelerate its adoption.
Source: TokenPost