{"id":150907,"date":"2026-04-16T14:04:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=150907"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:04:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:04:54","slug":"bitcoins-quantum-dilemma-is-bip-361-a-security-shield-or-legalized-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=150907","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin\u2019s Quantum Dilemma: Is BIP-361 a Security Shield or Legalized Theft?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The debate over Bitcoin\u2019s immutability has reached a boiling point. As we approach the 2030s, the \u201cQuantum Threat\u201d is no longer science fiction. A new proposal, <strong>BIP-361<\/strong>, suggests invalidating old digital signatures to prevent potential North Korean quantum attacks by\u00a02033.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Controversy:<\/strong> Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has slammed the proposal, labeling it \u201cshitcoin land.\u201d The plan involves a strict 5-year timeline: if Satoshi Nakamoto (or any early holder) doesn\u2019t move their coins to a quantum-resistant address, those 1.1 million BTC become \u201cfrozen\u201d or\u00a0invalid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Core Conflict:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Security:<\/strong> Preventing a $70B+ theft that could crash the\u00a0network.<strong>Principles:<\/strong> Violating the \u201cnot your keys, not your coins\u201d mantra by forcing address invalidation.<\/p>\n<p>Is the survival of the network worth breaking its most sacred rule? Read more on why this soft fork might be the most contested moment in Bitcoin\u00a0history.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/coinmonks\/bitcoins-quantum-dilemma-is-bip-361-a-security-shield-or-legalized-theft-fee14436d77e\">Bitcoin\u2019s Quantum Dilemma: Is BIP-361 a Security Shield or Legalized Theft?<\/a> was originally published in <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/coinmonks\">Coinmonks<\/a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The debate over Bitcoin\u2019s immutability has reached a boiling point. As we approach the 2030s, the \u201cQuantum Threat\u201d is no longer science fiction. A new proposal, BIP-361, suggests invalidating old digital signatures to prevent potential North Korean quantum attacks by\u00a02033. The Controversy: Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has slammed the proposal, labeling it \u201cshitcoin land.\u201d The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":150908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/150908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}