{"id":7053,"date":"2026-04-14T22:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/presidio-bitcoin-releases-quantum-readiness-paper\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T22:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:16:17","slug":"presidio-bitcoin-releases-quantum-readiness-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/presidio-bitcoin-releases-quantum-readiness-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidio Bitcoin Releases Quantum Readiness Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/\">Bitcoin Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/presidio-bitcoin-releases-quantum-readiness-paper\">Presidio Bitcoin Releases Quantum Readiness Paper<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Today Presidio Bitcoin, a Bitcoin hub located in the Bay Area in California, has launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/presidiobtc\/bitcoin-quantum\/\" target=\"_blank\">knowledge repository\/living report on Github<\/a> to track the current state of research related to Bitcoin\u2019s quantum vulnerability. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p>Our Quantum Bitcoin Summit last July helped push bitcoin\u2019s quantum discussion forward. <\/p>\n<p>Today we&#8217;re publishing Bitcoin&#8217;s Quantum Readiness, a living paper on bitcoin&#8217;s exposure, mitigation menu, upgrade paths, and plausible transition scenarios.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XHdiSJFrlB\">pic.twitter.com\/XHdiSJFrlB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Presidio Bitcoin (@PresidioBitcoin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresidioBitcoin\/status\/2044082265303724151?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">April 14, 2026<\/a>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The report aims to be a central location where people in the ecosystem can easily keep track of and analyze the current state of research around the issue. <\/p>\n<p>It currently takes a comprehensive look through the state of:<\/p>\n<p>The current state of quantum computing, as well as research into different quantum computing technologies that could lead to material engineering progress towards a viable device.<\/p>\n<p>The level of exposure, i.e. how many coins and how much overall value is currently vulnerable to long-range attacks by a capable quantum computer.<\/p>\n<p>Post-quantum cryptographic schemes, as well as the current state of research in developing variants of such schemes more heavily optimized for Bitcoin\u2019s unique architecture and way of functioning. <\/p>\n<p>Different ways of implementing post-quantum cryptography in Bitcoin, and the trade-offs between these different paths.<\/p>\n<p>Different mechanisms for safely migrating vulnerable coins to quantum-safe addresses in the event that a powerful enough quantum computer is created before users migrate to post-quantum cryptography.<\/p>\n<p>An analysis of different ways that the actual migration could play out under different circumstances. <\/p>\n<p>They plan to regularly update the repository\/report as new research comes out, and solutions and plans are further refined and updated. <\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes after growing claims that Bitcoin developers are not doing anything to acknowledge or address the issue, and aims to highlight the on-going research and development into solutions to the issue conducted by developers. <\/p>\n<p>Read the current version of the report <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/presidiobtc\/bitcoin-quantum\/blob\/main\/presidio-bitcoin-quantum-readiness-v1-apr-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n<p>This post <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/presidio-bitcoin-releases-quantum-readiness-paper\">Presidio Bitcoin Releases Quantum Readiness Paper<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/\">Bitcoin Magazine<\/a> and is written by <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/authors\/shinobi\">Shinobi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin Magazine Presidio Bitcoin Releases Quantum Readiness Paper Today Presidio Bitcoin, a Bitcoin hub located in the Bay Area in California, has launched a knowledge repository\/living report on Github to track the current state of research related to Bitcoin\u2019s quantum vulnerability. Our Quantum Bitcoin Summit last July helped push bitcoin\u2019s quantum discussion forward. 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