BITCOIN SEASON 2: Diving Even Deeper on Quantum Bitcoin

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🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Hunter Beast dives deep into the current developer discussion on Quantum Bitcoin risks, solutions. Blocksize increase? You're listening to Bitcoin Season 2. Subscribe to the newsletter, trusted by over 7,000 Bitcoiners: https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com A lot has happened since our last conversation with Hunter just 3 months ago. The Bitcoin developer mailing list has been popping off and now everyone’s talking about Quantum Bitcoin. But what’s changed? What new debates have kicked off & what are their implications? And should we confiscate Satoshi’s coins if they get quantum hacked? Notes: • Should we steal Satoshi’s coins? • Does quantum need a block size increase? • Which bitcoin is most vulnerable? • Has the “best” solution changed in the past 6 months? Check out our Bitcoin scaling conference! Visit opnext.dev to learn more. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction & Controversial Bitcoin Proposal 02:03 Bitcoin’s Quantum Security Threat 05:01 How Quantum Computers Could Steal Bitcoin 08:07 The Debate on Locking Satoshi’s Coins 12:24 Bitcoin Censorship vs. Core Values 19:39 Preparing Bitcoin for a Quantum Future 29:23 Evaluating Quantum-Resistant Cryptography 36:14 Block Size Weight & Transaction Discounts Explained 44:41 Security Implications for Bitcoin Miners 52:40 Conclusion & How to Get Involved - 👉 Brought to you by Arch Network! Arch brings the speed of Solana & the best of crypto UX to Bitcoin. Tap into the rich app ecosystem on Arch & try out the testnet while you’re still early! Visit arch.network to learn more. - 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is produced Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? hello@blockspace.media See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:49.7	It would be devastating to Bitcoin if there was liquidation of the early coins. And of course we have to
0:56.8	lock them up. And like, you and I both read that sentence and I was just like, I'm sorry, what?
1:03.9	Are we like building confiscation of the protocol? Like, what? I don't disagree that it would be
1:10.7	devastating to Biglin's price well but what's
1:15.0	more devastating exactly breaking like bitcoin's core like uh like proposition of like censorship list money
1:24.3	right freedom money right oh no maybe your freedom money can someday be
1:28.4	confiscated just because it could be like if you spent those, those coins that it could be,
1:34.4	you know, a threat. Like, what we're talking about here is price. We're supposed to be
1:39.0	bitcoiners, right? Like, like, we're in a Bitcoin, not necessarily just because of price, right?
1:44.3	Like, it really, to me, seems like, just compromising on our core values.
1:49.7	And to, like, actually, you know, just mandate and, and fork in this, this, like, confiscation, you know?
2:13.8	Hunter, it's been a wild past few months since we last had our recorded conversation on Bitcoin season two in December.
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