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The first quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction has been mined on Mainnet, without changing the Bitcoin protocol. In the new Quantum Bitcoin Countdown episode, The Bitcoin Historian and Nathan Jeffay sit down with Avihu Levy ✨🐺 to unpack QSB: how it works, its limitations, costs, and what Bitcoin still needs before... Q-Day. Tune in 👇 00:00 Cold open 01:00 Introducing Avihu Levy 03:34 How QSB came about 08:19 The limitations up front 11:47 Signatures without a protocol change 16:07 Robin Linus and Binohash 19:00 A quantum-safe spend 23:43 What wallets would have to hold 26:38 Size, cost and non-standard transactions 30:03 What QSB does to the debate 32:55 When a workaround becomes an excuse 35:05 The field of proposals 37:13 The coins that never move 41:57 Why he is optimistic 45:03 Rizzo and Nathan wrap upshow more

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Miguel2 months ago

@pete_rizzo_ @NathanOnCrypto @avihu28 Starknet/Starkware is built different! The hard work will pay of

Nadai2 months ago

@pete_rizzo_ @NathanOnCrypto @avihu28 Nice episode 😍

Niko Petrov2 months ago

@pete_rizzo_ @NathanOnCrypto @avihu28 We ran a test on Base last month and gas costs were brutal for this size of tx.

Tano2 months ago

@pete_rizzo_ @NathanOnCrypto @avihu28 send it

Validatus.com2 months ago

@pete_rizzo_ @NathanOnCrypto @avihu28 This is a good step toward the quantum risk discussion, showing a real mainnet transaction without a Bitcoin protocol change makes the idea much easier to evaluate.

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@pete_rizzo_ @NathanOnCrypto @avihu28 QSB gud tech.

Doodlebug inventor of Chaoskey+2 months ago

@pete_rizzo_ @NathanOnCrypto @avihu28 I'm trying to help.

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“Only two steps” required to make Bitcoin quantum-resistant? In this Unchained episode, Matt Corallo 🟠 joins me to discuss: ❌ Why he thinks Nic Carter is wrong about the quantum threat to Bitcoin ⛔ Why he disagrees with Nic on his ranking of Bitcoin’s most influential developers 😱 Why “the community at that time” will deal with the quantum threat 🥷 Why making bitcoin post-quantum might require a block size increase 🔥 Why he believes “you burn old lost coins, you burn anyone who hasn't migrated” Timestamps: 🚀0:00 Introduction ⚔️02:16 What Matt says Nic is getting wrong about the quantum threat to Bitcoin 🤔08:59 What Matt says Bitcoin's quantum security roadmap could look like 🫠19:04 Do Bitcoin Core developers have any timelines? 🤯29:34 Are there only two steps required to quantum-proof Bitcoin? 📍34:04 Matt weighs in on public comments from other Bitcoin developers on the quantum threat ⁉️47:37 Why Bitcoin Core has not announced a quantum team 👀53:57 Can BlackRock “fire” Bitcoin developers? 💫58:07 What Matt says is the North Star for Bitcoin developers 🔥1:07:42 What Matt thinks will happen to lost bitcoins 🤔1:08:26 Is there any plan to secure Bitcoin against AI? 👀1:11:31 Will Bitcoin and Ethereum align on quantum security?

“Only two steps” required to make Bitcoin quantum-resistant? In this Unchained episode, Matt Corallo 🟠 joins me to discuss: ❌ Why he thinks Nic Carter is wrong about the quantum threat to Bitcoin ⛔ Why he disagrees with Nic on his ranking of Bitcoin’s most influential developers 😱 Why “the community at that time” will deal with the quantum threat 🥷 Why making bitcoin post-quantum might require a block size increase 🔥 Why he believes “you burn old lost coins, you burn anyone who hasn't migrated” Timestamps: 🚀0:00 Introduction ⚔️02:16 What Matt says Nic is getting wrong about the quantum threat to Bitcoin 🤔08:59 What Matt says Bitcoin's quantum security roadmap could look like 🫠19:04 Do Bitcoin Core developers have any timelines? 🤯29:34 Are there only two steps required to quantum-proof Bitcoin? 📍34:04 Matt weighs in on public comments from other Bitcoin developers on the quantum threat ⁉️47:37 Why Bitcoin Core has not announced a quantum team 👀53:57 Can BlackRock “fire” Bitcoin developers? 💫58:07 What Matt says is the North Star for Bitcoin developers 🔥1:07:42 What Matt thinks will happen to lost bitcoins 🤔1:08:26 Is there any plan to secure Bitcoin against AI? 👀1:11:31 Will Bitcoin and Ethereum align on quantum security?

Laura Shin

19,795 views • 8 months ago

Inside the debate splitting the Bitcoin community, with Hardfork Kratter. Will BIP-110 result in a chain split soon? TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Trailer and Intro 03:00 Working for Peter Thiel 05:11 How Bitcoin University started 08:07 What made Matt a Bitcoiner 10:23 Bitcoin is about sovereignty 14:56 The email attachment analogy for OP_RETURN 17:34 Brief history of Core and Knots 19:38 What BIP 110 actually does 23:01 How many nodes running Knots 26:59 Who really decides Bitcoin's rules 32:18 Could this split Bitcoin into two separate tokens? 35:52 Can't spammers just get around it? 40:23 Why Matt calls this a civil war 42:05 What happens to your coins in a chain split 44:44 Why have attacks gotten so personal? 48:05 Will Matt Kratter call Michael Saylor? 51:57 Does Bitcoin even have a spam problem? 55:05 Upholding Bitcoin’s neutrality 57:19 BIP 110 signaling Saturday 1:06:28 Why Matt says this is "life or death"

Inside the debate splitting the Bitcoin community, with Hardfork Kratter. Will BIP-110 result in a chain split soon? TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Trailer and Intro 03:00 Working for Peter Thiel 05:11 How Bitcoin University started 08:07 What made Matt a Bitcoiner 10:23 Bitcoin is about sovereignty 14:56 The email attachment analogy for OP_RETURN 17:34 Brief history of Core and Knots 19:38 What BIP 110 actually does 23:01 How many nodes running Knots 26:59 Who really decides Bitcoin's rules 32:18 Could this split Bitcoin into two separate tokens? 35:52 Can't spammers just get around it? 40:23 Why Matt calls this a civil war 42:05 What happens to your coins in a chain split 44:44 Why have attacks gotten so personal? 48:05 Will Matt Kratter call Michael Saylor? 51:57 Does Bitcoin even have a spam problem? 55:05 Upholding Bitcoin’s neutrality 57:19 BIP 110 signaling Saturday 1:06:28 Why Matt says this is "life or death"

Natalie Brunell ⚡️

109,374 views • 2 months ago

The full episode has arrived!📹 Noah and Quantus’s Yuvi Lightman | Quantus dive into quantum computing threats, social media addiction, and everything in between.💡 Timestamps: 01:02 Intro 03:21 Quantum Computing 04:13 Shor's Algorithm 07:19 Google's Willow Chip 13:56 Bitcoin Protocol Stagnation 19:07 Post-Quantum Cryptography vs. Classical Attacks 33:13 The Struggle of Upgrading Decentralized Systems 35:12 The History of Bitcoin's Development Succession 39:20 The Block Size Wars 51:35 Making Bitcoin Post-Quantum 54:47 Quantus

The full episode has arrived!📹 Noah and Quantus’s Yuvi Lightman | Quantus dive into quantum computing threats, social media addiction, and everything in between.💡 Timestamps: 01:02 Intro 03:21 Quantum Computing 04:13 Shor's Algorithm 07:19 Google's Willow Chip 13:56 Bitcoin Protocol Stagnation 19:07 Post-Quantum Cryptography vs. Classical Attacks 33:13 The Struggle of Upgrading Decentralized Systems 35:12 The History of Bitcoin's Development Succession 39:20 The Block Size Wars 51:35 Making Bitcoin Post-Quantum 54:47 Quantus

Moby Media

28,048 views • 6 months ago

Bitcoin spam debates with Charlie Spears | SLP724 cbspears ◉, co-founder Blockspace joins me to discuss spam, feasibility of BIP110, protocol upgrades, on-chain data, ordinals, OPNEXT and more. (00:00) - Intro (01:13) - The BIP110 fork and filter debate (03:59) - Consensus changes vs. policy solutions (08:36) - Understanding spam and data on the Bitcoin blockchain (11:29) - Diversity of Bitcoin clients (14:29) - What is considered spam? (17:55) - Will BIP110 stop or curb spam? (24:51) - Evolution of spam tactics in Bitcoin (29:18) - The future of Ordinals (32:16) - Does Ordinals & spam make Bitcoin a worse money? (37:04) - What is ‘Bitcoin Layers’? (43:02) - What is OPNEXT 2026? (52:49) - Closing thoughts

Bitcoin spam debates with Charlie Spears | SLP724 cbspears ◉, co-founder Blockspace joins me to discuss spam, feasibility of BIP110, protocol upgrades, on-chain data, ordinals, OPNEXT and more. (00:00) - Intro (01:13) - The BIP110 fork and filter debate (03:59) - Consensus changes vs. policy solutions (08:36) - Understanding spam and data on the Bitcoin blockchain (11:29) - Diversity of Bitcoin clients (14:29) - What is considered spam? (17:55) - Will BIP110 stop or curb spam? (24:51) - Evolution of spam tactics in Bitcoin (29:18) - The future of Ordinals (32:16) - Does Ordinals & spam make Bitcoin a worse money? (37:04) - What is ‘Bitcoin Layers’? (43:02) - What is OPNEXT 2026? (52:49) - Closing thoughts

Stephan Livera

14,546 views • 8 months ago

My first interview with Josh Swihart, founder and CEO of Zcash Open Development Lab (ZODL). 0:00 Intro 0:45 Zcash was objectively dying 3:36 What revived Zcash 7:11 Swaps: the killer feature 8:41 What was broken at ECC 10:54 A dev fund that looks like a government 11:30 The fork excuse 12:20 Why ECC went for-profit 13:34 Balaji: too big to kill 16:05 Zodl's roadmap 16:44 The parallel polis 18:25 Building a parallel financial system 19:10 Seed phrases are antiquated 21:57 Desktop wallet, multisig & time locks 24:50 Bitcoin has been captured 26:21 Bitcoiners hedging into Zcash 27:00 How Zcash avoids capture 29:25 Do ETFs matter? 30:25 The biggest Bitcoin maximalist lie 31:58 Bitcoin's quantum problem 34:35 Peter Todd and the soundness bug 36:35 Will Zcash overtake Bitcoin? 37:23 Zcash in the hands of billions 37:39 Store of value vs. currency 38:43 Should the transparent pool die? 41:19 Exchanges have no excuse (Gemini vs. Coinbase) 44:00 Quantum recoverability & the post-quantum roadmap 45:58 The most secure place to store funds 46:19 Tap-to-pay, Flexa & CrossPay 49:08 Stablecoins as the Trojan horse 49:52 Outro

My first interview with Josh Swihart, founder and CEO of Zcash Open Development Lab (ZODL). 0:00 Intro 0:45 Zcash was objectively dying 3:36 What revived Zcash 7:11 Swaps: the killer feature 8:41 What was broken at ECC 10:54 A dev fund that looks like a government 11:30 The fork excuse 12:20 Why ECC went for-profit 13:34 Balaji: too big to kill 16:05 Zodl's roadmap 16:44 The parallel polis 18:25 Building a parallel financial system 19:10 Seed phrases are antiquated 21:57 Desktop wallet, multisig & time locks 24:50 Bitcoin has been captured 26:21 Bitcoiners hedging into Zcash 27:00 How Zcash avoids capture 29:25 Do ETFs matter? 30:25 The biggest Bitcoin maximalist lie 31:58 Bitcoin's quantum problem 34:35 Peter Todd and the soundness bug 36:35 Will Zcash overtake Bitcoin? 37:23 Zcash in the hands of billions 37:39 Store of value vs. currency 38:43 Should the transparent pool die? 41:19 Exchanges have no excuse (Gemini vs. Coinbase) 44:00 Quantum recoverability & the post-quantum roadmap 45:58 The most secure place to store funds 46:19 Tap-to-pay, Flexa & CrossPay 49:08 Stablecoins as the Trojan horse 49:52 Outro

Maxime Desalle

76,684 views • 1 month ago