Hi fellow Bitcoiners,
I would consider myself a long term holder of BTC. I am not writing this post because “sentiment” is low or anything. I would be writing the same post even if price was at 200k.
Down to my point. I don’t see many Bitcoiners worried about the quantum threat. The excuse is always “oh we will do a fork, we’ve done it before” or “Banks and everything will be fucked too”.
My concern right now is that, yes a fork is possible, but for the Bitcoin devs to align it could take years… For example the block size war took 4 years and Taproot took 2 years. With Q-Day being around the corner, expected 2030 or even 2029 now.
BIP-361 proposes eventually freezing wallets that haven’t migrated to quantum-safe addresses, and that goes against Bitcoin’s most sacred principle “immutability” and no central control. That debate alone could slow the entire upgrade process for years while the clock ticks. And it’s not just a technical problem, it’s also a philosophical civil war waiting to happen.
I am concerned about OG Bitcoiners and devs not being worried about and working on this subject enough. In my opinion we might not make it on time if it takes years to align on simple subjects, let alone this one which questions the core principles of BTC.
What are your thoughts on that?