Bitcoin's Quantum Threat Is Real, and the Migration Clock Is Ticking
- —$2 trillion of the $2.8 trillion market relies on quantum-vulnerable ECDSA
- —An ML-DSA-65 signature is 3,309 bytes versus 64 for ECDSA, 52 times larger
- —NIST has standardized post-quantum schemes, but networks must support them first
- —Coinbase has flagged the unresolved problem of abandoned, unmigrated coins
Why it matters: Without mandatory deadlines, vulnerable wallets will remain a permanent legacy pool, and the migration date will be set by a regulator or the first successful attack.
Source: BeInCrypto