{"id":72971,"date":"2026-02-18T14:01:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=72971"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:01:34","slug":"is-freezing-satoshis-coins-the-answer-to-quantum-threats-its-complicated-expert-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=72971","title":{"rendered":"Is Freezing Satoshi&#8217;s Coins The Answer To Quantum Threats? It&#8217;s Complicated, Expert Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>CryptoQuant founder <strong>Ki Young Ju<\/strong> says a future quantum computing breakthrough could force <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) into a difficult choice: upgrade aggressively \u2014 or risk large amounts of BTC being stolen.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quantum Attack Or Coin Freezing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ki Young Ju <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ki_young_ju\/status\/2023979321216360811\">argues<\/a> that freezing vulnerable coins, including roughly 1 million BTC attributed to Satoshi Nakamoto, may ultimately be the safest path if quantum threats become real.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin&#8217;s current security relies on classical cryptography (ECDSA), which is effectively unbreakable with today&#8217;s computing power. <\/p>\n<p>However, sufficiently advanced quantum computers could theoretically derive private keys from exposed public keys.<\/p>\n<p>Once a public key has been revealed &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/02\/50684840\/is-freezing-satoshis-coins-the-answer-to-quantum-threats-its-complicated-expert-says?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Is\" freezing satoshi coins the answer to quantum threats it complicated expert says>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju says a future quantum computing breakthrough could force Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) into a difficult choice: upgrade aggressively \u2014 or risk large amounts of BTC being stolen. Quantum Attack Or Coin Freezing? Ki Young Ju argues that freezing vulnerable coins, including roughly 1 million BTC attributed to Satoshi Nakamoto, may ultimately [&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-72971","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\/72971","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=72971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}