{"id":84487,"date":"2026-04-22T09:46:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=84487"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:46:32","slug":"coinbase-advisory-board-says-time-to-start-preparing-for-quantum-risks-is-now-not-when-its-urgent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=84487","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase Advisory Board Says Time To Start Preparing For Quantum Risks Is Now, &#8216;Not When It&#8217;s Urgent&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Coinbase Global Inc.<\/strong>\u2018s <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"COIN\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/COIN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/COIN\">COIN<\/a>) advisory board on quantum computing released its first paper on Tuesday, detailing which parts of cryptocurrency security a future quantum machine could threaten and why the industry should begin upgrades now.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coinbase Advocates Early Quantum Preparedness<\/h2>\n<p>The board, consisting of leading researchers from Stanford, UT Austin and the <strong>Ethereum <\/strong><a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"ETH\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ETH-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>) Foundation, expressed \u201chigh confidence\u201d that a quantum computer capable of breaking cryptography that secures digital assets will be built eventually, even if that capability doesn\u2019t exist yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe board\u2019s view is straightforward: the time to start preparing is now, not when it\u2019s urgent,\u201d the Coinbase blog read.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vulnerable Spots<\/h2>\n<p>The paper draws a line between network-level components and user-level key exposure, saying the biggest weak spot is the digital signatures used to prove ownership.<\/p>\n<p>It added that Bitcoin&#8217;s mining process, hashing, and the immutability of prior blocks are not \u201cmeaningfully threatened\u201d\u00a0by quantum attacks.<\/p>\n<p>For Bitcoin, the board estimated about 6.9 million BTC &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/04\/51961174\/coinbase-advisory-board-says-time-to-start-preparing-for-quantum-risks-is-now-not-when-its-?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Coinbase\" advisory board says time to start preparing for quantum risks is now when it urgent>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coinbase Global Inc.\u2018s (NASDAQ:COIN) advisory board on quantum computing released its first paper on Tuesday, detailing which parts of cryptocurrency security a future quantum machine could threaten and why the industry should begin upgrades now. Coinbase Advocates Early Quantum Preparedness The board, consisting of leading researchers from Stanford, UT Austin and the Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) [&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-84487","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\/84487","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=84487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}