Bitcoin Optech #408: Post-Quantum R&D for Bitcoin & Lightning
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #408 dey recap di ongoing waka for post-quantum security and make wallet/network stronger. Topics include post-quantum path for BIP324, QR signing payloads for Miniscript wallets, plus consensus-adjacent research like CTV-only vault proof-of-concept and post-quantum Lightning discussions and quantum-attack game theory. E still review BIP54 movement toward 64-byte transactions and possible legitimate use cases.
Episode also track implementation changes across major clients. Releases wey dem mention include Core Lightning 26.06, with important pull requests for Bitcoin Core (#35269, #34644, #34198), LND (#10813), Rust Bitcoin (#6250), and BOLTs (#1338, #1326). Guests include Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt, with Pyth and Ademan.
For traders, dis read like infrastructure R&D not like near-term protocol activation. Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #408 suggest make long-term resilience better (including quantum readiness), but e no likely to be direct catalyst for BTC price short-term.
Neutral
Di update na big becos technical R&D: e dey review post-quantum design ways (BIP324, Lightning), wallet tooling betterments (Miniscript QR signing), and consensus-adjacent concepts (CTV-only vault proof of concept). Even with cross-client pull requests and one Core Lightning release wey dem mention, no clear sign say consensus go change soon or activation wey go directly affect BTC cashflows or supply dynamics. For short term, traders fit small react to “quantum readiness” headlines, but based on history such infrastructure research dey usually get small immediate price impact. For long term, e dey support positive story about security hardening, but the effect dey gradual not immediate.