{"id":584279,"date":"2026-04-16T02:52:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/bitcoin-should-prepare-now-even-if-quantum-is-a-lab-experiment-adam-back\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T02:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:52:49","slug":"bitcoin-should-prepare-now-even-if-quantum-is-a-lab-experiment-adam-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/bitcoin-should-prepare-now-even-if-quantum-is-a-lab-experiment-adam-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin should prepare now, even if quantum is a ‘lab experiment\u2019: Adam Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bitcoin<\/p>\n

Back said the safest approach is to build optional upgrades that would allow Bitcoin to migrate to quantum-resistant cryptography once it’s needed.<\/p>\n

Blockstream CEO Adam Back, an early pioneer of the crypto movement, said Bitcoiners should be looking at building quantum-resistant solutions now, even if the threat is still decades away.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>Quantum computing still has a lot to prove. Current systems are essentially lab experiments. I\u2019ve followed the field for over 25 years, and progress has been incremental,\u201d Back said at Paris Blockchain Week on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat said, Bitcoin should prepare,\u201d Back said, adding that the \u201csafest approach\u201d is to build optional upgrades that allow migration to quantum-resistant cryptography if needed.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back said the safest approach is to build optional upgrades that would allow Bitcoin to migrate to quantum-resistant cryptography once it’s needed. Blockstream CEO Adam Back, an early pioneer of the crypto movement, said Bitcoiners should be looking at building quantum-resistant solutions now, even if the threat is still decades away.\u00a0 \u201cQuantum computing still has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":584280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-584279","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\/584279","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=584279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}