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Nearly $500B in Bitcoin Is Exposed to Future Quantum Computing Attacks: Glassnode
BTC
BTC/USDT
$84,666.02
+1.66%
$84,666.02
+1.66%
(24s)24h Volume
$19,319,840,710.15
24h H/L
$84,942.45 / $83,036.00
Change: $1,906.45 (2.30%)
Long/Short
56.9%
Long: 56.9%Short: 43.1%
Funding Rate
+0.0021%
Longs pay
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Decrypt Editorial(11:00 PM UTC)
1 min read
In brief
- More than 30% of all Bitcoin already has its public key exposed on-chain, making it theoretically vulnerable to a future quantum computer attack.
- The exposure breaks into two types: structural from script designs that reveal keys by default, and operational from address-reuse behavior.
- Exchanges account for roughly 40% of operationally exposed Bitcoin, though the risk varies widely by…
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