CoinScoopEuropean regulators warn Bitcoin faces quantum threat as 6.9M BTC face exposure risk
European financial regulators (EBA, ESMA, EIOPA) warn that quantum computing could threaten Bitcoin's cryptographic systems before commercial viability. About 6.9 million BTC, or 34% of circulating supply, are already exposed due to visible public keys in older transactions. Proposed BIP-360 and BIP-361 aim to mitigate this risk.
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