Pro@reddthat.com to cryptocurrency@lemmy.ml · 6 days agoBitcoin devs scramble to protect $2.2tn blockchain from looming quantum computer threatwww.dlnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10cross-posted to: cryptocurrency@lemmy.mlcryptocurrency@monero.town
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minus-squareCashDragonAlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agoThe bigger threat to Bitcoin Core (BTC) is the lack of usage. The miner subsidy will run out long before quantum comes about. They crippled the chain back in 2017 to only process 7 transactions per second and all the activity moved to other chains. There was no technical reason to do this and that is why Bitcoin Cash (BCH) was born, it is the sane and logical Bitcoin.
The bigger threat to Bitcoin Core (BTC) is the lack of usage. The miner subsidy will run out long before quantum comes about.
They crippled the chain back in 2017 to only process 7 transactions per second and all the activity moved to other chains.
There was no technical reason to do this and that is why Bitcoin Cash (BCH) was born, it is the sane and logical Bitcoin.