{"id":64644,"date":"2025-12-22T05:16:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T05:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=64644"},"modified":"2025-12-22T05:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T05:16:31","slug":"bitcoins-quantum-upgrade-could-easily-take-5-to-10-years-warns-security-expert-jameson-lopp-hope-for-the-best-but-prepare-for-the-worst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=64644","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin&#8217;s Quantum Upgrade Could &#8216;Easily&#8217; Take 5 To 10 Years, Warns Security Expert Jameson Lopp: &#8216;Hope For The Best, But Prepare For The Worst&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin <\/strong><a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) technologist <strong>Jameson Lopp<\/strong> said on Sunday that upgrading the network to post-quantum standards could take up to a decade. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No Immediate Threat But\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Lopp, Chief Security Officer at self-custody platform firm\u00a0<strong>Casa<\/strong>, took to X to share his thoughts on the ongoing debate about the implications of quantum computing for Bitcoin. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, quantum computers won\u2019t\u00a0break Bitcoin in the near\u00a0future. We\u2019ll\u00a0keep observing their evolution,\u201d the security expert said.<\/p>\n<p>That said, Lopp cautioned that \u201cthoughtful\u201d changes to the network, such as migrating funds to a quantum-resistant version, could \u201ceasily\u201d take 5 to 10 years.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No, quantum computers won&#8217;t break Bitcoin in the near future. We&#8217;ll keep observing their evolution.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, making thoughtful changes to the protocol (and an unprecedented migration of funds) could easily &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/12\/49529151\/bitcoins-quantum-upgrade-could-easily-take-5-to-10-years-warns-security-expert-jameson-lopp?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin's\" quantum upgrade could take to years warns security expert jameson lopp: for the best but prepare worst>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) technologist Jameson Lopp said on Sunday that upgrading the network to post-quantum standards could take up to a decade. No Immediate Threat But\u2026 Lopp, Chief Security Officer at self-custody platform firm\u00a0Casa, took to X to share his thoughts on the ongoing debate about the implications of quantum computing for Bitcoin. \u201cNo, quantum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-64644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}