{"id":566784,"date":"2026-03-10T12:52:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/bitcoins-quantum-upgrade-path-what-bip-360-changes-and-what-it-does-not\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:52:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:52:46","slug":"bitcoins-quantum-upgrade-path-what-bip-360-changes-and-what-it-does-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/bitcoins-quantum-upgrade-path-what-bip-360-changes-and-what-it-does-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin\u2019s quantum upgrade path: What BIP-360 changes and what it does not"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDMvMDE5Y2Q3YzQtOTA0OC03ZGJiLTkwYzYtNTcwOWQ0ZDAxNGVlLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin\u2019s quantum upgrade path: What BIP-360 changes and what it does not\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How BIP-360 reshapes Bitcoin\u2019s quantum defense strategy, what it improves and why it stops short of full post-quantum security.<\/p>\n<p>BIP-360 formally puts quantum resistance on Bitcoin\u2019s road map for the first time. It represents a measured, incremental step rather than a dramatic cryptographic overhaul.<\/p>\n<p>Quantum risk primarily targets exposed public keys, not Bitcoin\u2019s SHA-256 hashing, making public key exposure the central vulnerability developers aim to reduce.<\/p>\n<p>BIP-360 introduces Pay-to-Merkle-Root (P2MR), which removes Taproot\u2019s key path spending option and forces all spends through script paths to minimize elliptic curve exposure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-s-quantum-upgrade-path-what-bip-360-changes-and-what-it-does-not\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How BIP-360 reshapes Bitcoin\u2019s quantum defense strategy, what it improves and why it stops short of full post-quantum security. BIP-360 formally puts quantum resistance on Bitcoin\u2019s road map for the first time. It represents a measured, incremental step rather than a dramatic cryptographic overhaul. Quantum risk primarily targets exposed public keys, not Bitcoin\u2019s SHA-256 hashing, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":566785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-566784","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\/566784","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=566784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}