Bitcoin Developer Proposes Hard Fork to Protect BTC From Quantum Computing Threats

The proposal outlines a plan to enforce a network-wide migration of BTC BTC - $79720.031 from legacy wallets to ones secured by post-quantum cryptography.

Source: coindesk.com

Related symbols: BTCUSD

2025-04-05 17:15:03 GMT.

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