🧊Bitcoin researchers and developers introduced BIP-361. The proposal suggests a temporary freeze of early addresses that are potentially vulnerable to hacking with quantum computers.



The main focus is on P2PK format addresses with exposed public keys. The preventive blocking aims to protect users' funds in the future when technological advancements will enable the generation of private keys based on publicly available data.
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