THE SILENT DILEMMA SURROUNDING BITCOIN

A technical issue is beginning to gain traction: very old $BTC stored in address formats that are now considered vulnerable to quantum advances.

At the time, certain transactions directly revealed the public key on the blockchain.

This was not a problem as long as computing power remained conventional.

But if quantum computing takes a major leap forward, these public keys could become exploitable.

And thus expose the associated funds.

It is estimated that a significant portion of the supply, around 1.7 million BTC, would theoretically be affected.

Two paths are emerging:

➤ Consider the risk to be marginal and preserve the current rules.

➤ Intervene at the protocol level to neutralize these vulnerable corners.

And this is where the debate goes beyond the technical.

Bitcoin was designed as a censorship-resistant system.

Changing its rules to block certain funds would raise a central question: how far can we go to protect the network without altering its DNA?

This scenario, even if hypothetical, reminds us of one essential thing:

an asset like #bitcoin cannot be managed solely with conviction.

It must also be understood through its structural risks, even those that seem remote.