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Galaxy Digital Research Director: Do not tamper with Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin address; prepare in advance with quantum-resistant technology.
Deep Tide TechFlow News, May 3rd, Galaxy Digital Research Director Alex Thorn published an article stating that after discussions in Las Vegas with multiple Bitcoin developers, researchers, and quantum computing supporters, a partial consensus is forming within the industry regarding the issue of “Quantum Computing and Bitcoin.”
Thorn believes that most opinions support “not touching the assets held in Satoshi’s early P2PK addresses,” because doing so could undermine Bitcoin’s core principle of unalterable property rights. He points out that Satoshi is estimated to hold about 1.1 million BTC scattered across approximately 22k addresses, not a single “super vault,” and that the real large-scale risks come more from exchanges and other entities that can proactively upgrade to quantum-resistant addresses.
He also states that the industry generally supports early research into Bitcoin’s quantum-resistant cryptographic solutions, including development, testing, signature compression, and protocol discussions, even if ultimately only “as a backup plan.”
However, Thorn also warns that pushing unverified quantum resistance upgrades excessively could lead to protocol complexity, dispersed development resources, and community consensus deadlocks. He believes that even if quantum computing ultimately poses only a very low probability threat to Bitcoin, early discussion and technical preparation are still worthwhile.