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“There's actually no good outcome because either you let some random entity claim 1.7 million bitcoins, and we don't know who that is. It could be disastrous, it could be the end of Bitcoin. Or you change the core principle of Bitcoin, which is the monetary policy. That's also kind of unacceptable.”

“If I'm a big asset manager, I'm just rejecting a fork out of hand that doesn't freeze the coins. It's too risky. So I think if there's a fork situation, there will be a market that emerges and the ETFs will pick one chain. They can't just have two; that's crazy.”

“Things don't develop in isolation. There's always defenses developing alongside of it. People aren't going to, I mean, the big players, the banks, the billionaires that have crypto, they're not going to sit on the sidelines and just wait to be hacked. They're working on solutions right now.”

“No major Wall Street institution was involved with Bitcoin in 2015 to 2017 at all, except for the CME. So now they need to get involved. They have clients, they have legal exposure. What are they gonna do? It's just a much bigger market now and the corporates are so much more important today.”

“There's actually no good outcome because either you let some random entity claim 1.7 million bitcoins, and we don't know who that is. It could be disastrous, it could be the end of Bitcoin. Or you change the core principle of Bitcoin, which is the monetary policy. That's also kind of unacceptable.”

“Trump has reportedly issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Iran, raising tensions and creating immediate ripples across global markets and Bitcoin.”

“BIP361 gets activated for three years. You can spend from legacy scripts, that's what we have now, or a new post-quantum script that gets created. Then that phase is sunset. So after three years, or after two years, then the nodes reject legacy scripts. And so that effectively freezes vulnerable coins or old, old coins.”

“Michael Saylor signaled another major buy with a 'back to work' post as Metaplanet adds thousands more BTC.”

“I mean, for crying out loud, you still have the majority of banks that are providing consumers two-factor authentication over SMS text message. Are you really going to deploy that much compute power against the Bitcoin blockchain when you have so many softer targets you could exploit?”

“I think it's something that should at least be considered in the response from the Bitcoin community, is that it's so far off that we shouldn't even consider it. Or that they take it as religious criticism against the cult and religion, that there could ever be anything wrong with Bitcoin, and don't even address it because it's too emotionally difficult.”

“Regardless of the headlines about Google's processing power, the most immediate threat to your Bitcoin isn't a quantum computer—it is keeping your assets on a centralized exchange. Using a cold storage solution like Arculus ensures that your private keys are generated and stored in a secure environment that is completely isolated from the internet and potential exploits.”

“Charles Schwab is set to open Bitcoin trading to 46 million clients in the first half of 2026.”

“The decentralized nature of Bitcoin means that any major change to the protocol requires a consensus across the entire global network of miners and node operators. While Google might be moving fast in a lab, Bitcoin moves at the speed of social and economic consensus, which provides a massive defensive moat against any sudden technological shocks.”

“If I'm a big asset manager, I'm just rejecting a fork out of hand that doesn't freeze the coins. It's too risky. So I think if there's a fork situation, there will be a market that emerges and the ETFs will pick one chain. They can't just have two; that's crazy.”

“As Bitcoin continues to mature as an asset class, savvy investors need to think about the tax implications of their holdings. Platforms like Bitcoin IRA and specialized tax services allow you to protect your portfolio from heavy capital gains taxes, which is just as important for your bottom line as the underlying security of the blockchain itself.”

“No major Wall Street institution was involved with Bitcoin in 2015 to 2017 at all, except for the CME. So now they need to get involved. They have clients, they have legal exposure. What are they gonna do? It's just a much bigger market now and the corporates are so much more important today.”

“Freeze the coins. They're out of circulation, but just put them back into the money. They can be mined over the next 100 years. I think just freeze those coins, put them back in. I'm surprised at how controversial this is. I guess we'll get into maybe just skip to one of these news stories.”

“In today's episode, we're diving deep into the massive announcement from Google that has sent shockwaves through the entire blockchain ecosystem. Did their latest breakthrough in Quantum Computing actually crack Bitcoin's encryption, or is there more to the story? We need to analyze whether the foundational math securing our assets is still sound in the face of this hardware leap.”

“BIP361 gets activated for three years. You can spend from legacy scripts, that's what we have now, or a new post-quantum script that gets created. Then that phase is sunset. So after three years, or after two years, then the nodes reject legacy scripts. And so that effectively freezes vulnerable coins or old, old coins.”

“Bitcoin is not a static protocol, and the development community has been researching post-quantum signatures for quite some time. The real challenge is not just finding a new algorithm, but ensuring that the entire network can transition smoothly via a soft fork to a quantum-resistant standard without compromising the decentralization or the supply cap of the network.”

“Bitfarms targets zero Bitcoin on the balance sheet as it pivots to AI, signaling a major shift in miner strategy.”

“In that latter scenario, which I think people kind of are what they're terribly afraid of, I actually think that that's about a 40 percent haircut to Bitcoin, which we've already had. And the fact that people haven't bought, aren't buying and are concerned about it is a big deal.”

“The concern lies in the possibility that quantum processors could solve the discrete log problem much faster than classical computers. If Google has indeed achieved a level of quantum supremacy that applies to cryptographic functions, the standard Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm could be vulnerable to bad actors looking to derive private keys from public addresses.”

“Freeze the coins. They're out of circulation, but just put them back into the money. They can be mined over the next 100 years. I think just freeze those coins, put them back in. I'm surprised at how controversial this is. I guess we'll get into maybe just skip to one of these news stories.”

“Google says Bitcoin could be cracked in 9 minutes, but should you panic? Experts suggest the network can adapt through upgrades.”

“First of all, if quantum computers do come to a point to where they can hack networks, everything's done. It's all over, you know? It's not just crypto. That's the last of our concerns.”