{"id":490852,"date":"2025-09-19T11:52:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/19\/why-el-salvador-split-678m-in-bitcoin-to-guard-against-a-quantum-threat-that-isnt-here-yet\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T11:52:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:52:43","slug":"why-el-salvador-split-678m-in-bitcoin-to-guard-against-a-quantum-threat-that-isnt-here-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/19\/why-el-salvador-split-678m-in-bitcoin-to-guard-against-a-quantum-threat-that-isnt-here-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Why El Salvador split $678M in Bitcoin to guard against a quantum threat that isn\u2019t here yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS9zdG9yYWdlL3VwbG9hZHMvdmlldy83MGZiZGFhMWUwZjZlYzNjOTU5MjRhOTNmYWRiMDVhNy5qcGc=.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/>\n                    <\/p>\n<p>To guard against a distant quantum risk, El Salvador moved 6,000 BTC into 14 wallets, a move hailed as prudent custody by some and theatrics by others.<\/p>\n\n<p data-ct-widget=\"explained-block-content\">\n<\/p><p><em>The government redistributed roughly 6,274 BTC (around $678 million at publication time) from one address into 14 fresh addresses, each capped at 500 BTC, as a precautionary security measure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Until late August 2025, El Salvador\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/learn\/articles\/what-is-bitcoin-a-beginners-guide-to-the-worlds-first-cryptocurrency\">national Bitcoin reserve<\/a> sat in a single address. That\u2019s a straightforward setup but a risky one: If a vulnerability is ever discovered, the entire stash could be exposed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/explained\/why-el-salvador-split-678m-in-bitcoin-to-guard-against-a-quantum-threat-that-isnt-here-yet\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To guard against a distant quantum risk, El Salvador moved 6,000 BTC into 14 wallets, a move hailed as prudent custody by some and theatrics by others. The government redistributed roughly 6,274 BTC (around $678 million at publication time) from one address into 14 fresh addresses, each capped at 500 BTC, as a precautionary security [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":490853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-490852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}