The harm isn’t in optionality, it’s in the precedent.
Bitcoin is not just software; it’s a protocol grounded in energy, verification, and irreversibility. Changing it in response to an unverified quantum threat signals that speculation, not proof, is enough to rewrite the rules of the most secure computing system on Earth.
Optional or not, fear-driven adoption creates social forks. It fragments consensus, burdens users, and incentivizes narratives over the truth. That’s not security, it’s manipulation.
Bitcoin measures what happened. Any threat to that measurement must be proven, not assumed.
We should not fork for theory. We should fork for proof.
Given the binary outcome of the “quantum threat”, there should be rigorous verification. If quantum can’t break ECDSA, what’s actually being upgraded?
Jackk / Jack K
npub183…faslh
2025-07-23 13:46:32
in reply to nevent1q…cpxh
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npub18384z4sjgdfy7vr76thzwtru7jncysz0hcapwesxqsak44p8aemsyfaslhPublished at
2025-07-23 13:46:32Event JSON
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