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Nearly $500B in Bitcoin Is Exposed to Future Quantum Computing Attacks: Glassnode
BTC
BTC/USDT
$78,381.65
+4.72%
$78,381.65
+4.72%
(24s)24h Volume
$45,408,360,909.03
24h H/L
$79,500.00 / $74,783.01
Change: $4,716.99 (6.31%)
Long/Short
53.2%
Long: 53.2%Short: 46.8%
Funding Rate
+0.0046%
Longs pay
Data provided by COINOTAG DATALive data
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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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