Bitcoin Soft Fork to Block Legacy Addresses Against Quantum Threat
Bitcoin dey face future quantum gbege as advances for quantum computing fit break ECDSA and SHA-256. To protect against key-extracting gbege, developers wey Jameson Lopp dey lead don draft quantum-resistant soft fork.
The upgrade go happen for three phases. Phase A go ban transactions to legacy ECDSA/Schnorr addresses three years after dem activate am. Phase B go make all those signatures invalid two years later, freezing about 1.1 million BTC wey dey tied to early pay-to-pubkey formats. Phase C optional and e go allow people recover frozen funds with zero-knowledge proof say na their seed dem get.
Early adopters go get on-chain incentives, while the old addresses go dey restricted. The plan dey refer BIP 360 for layered security and e dey propose migration to quantum-resistant P2QRH addresses. Even though quantum computers wey fit crack Bitcoin encryption still dey far, this upgrade na to secure the network early against quantum threat wey dey come.
Bullish
By freezing legacy addresses and guiding holders to quantum-resistant formats, di soft fork dey reduce long-term security risk. Removing vulnerable coins from active circulation also dey shrink effective supply, wey dey bullish for BTC. For short term, coordination challenges and temporary volatility fit show as traders dey migrate funds. Overall, di proactive upgrade dey strengthen network integrity and investor confidence, supporting a positive market outlook.