Source: Decrypt [UK]
“Bitcoin developers have taken another step towards addressing the risk posed by future quantum computers, merging BIP 360 into the Bitcoin Improvement Proposals GitHub repository as the long-running debate over the timeline intensifies. Bitcoin developers have taken another step towards addressing the risk posed by future quantum computers, merging BIP 360 into the Bitcoin Improvement Proposals GitHub repository as the long-running debate over the timeline intensifies. … The debate around how best to address a future quantum threat stems from Shor’s algorithm, which could derive private keys from public keys if run on a sufficiently powerful, fault-tolerant quantum computer.” (02/15/26)
https://decrypt.co/358068/bitcoin-quantum-fix-experts-diverge-urgency-threat