'It Can Take Years': Coinbase Presses for Bitcoin Quantum Migration to Start Now
In a detailed technical post, the exchange argued Bitcoin’s multi-year migration to quantum-resistant cryptography must begin before any “Q-Day,” laying out requirements spanning block space, custody and dormant coins.
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