Is Bitcoin Quantum-Safe?
Talking points:
- What does it mean to be quantum safe
- Hashing algorithm is fine
- Most scripts are fine
- A few scripts, and address reuse, are not fine
- What does not fine mean?
- Types of quantum attacks to bitcoin and how they get executed
- Generating alternative signature
- Retrieving private key
- If you had a quantum computer that could attack bitcoin holders, what would you do?
- The Shorting
- The Extortion
- The Savior