{"id":51739,"date":"2026-04-14T16:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/?p=51739"},"modified":"2026-04-14T18:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T23:45:00","slug":"presidio-bitcoin-releases-quantum-readiness-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/presidio-bitcoin-releases-quantum-readiness-paper","title":{"rendered":"Presidio Bitcoin Releases Quantum Readiness Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today Presidio Bitcoin, a Bitcoin hub located in the Bay Area in California, has launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/presidiobtc\/bitcoin-quantum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">knowledge repository\/living report on Github<\/a> to track the current state of research related to Bitcoin&#8217;s quantum vulnerability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our Quantum Bitcoin Summit last July helped push bitcoin\u2019s quantum discussion forward. <br><br>Today we&#39;re publishing Bitcoin&#39;s Quantum Readiness, a living paper on bitcoin&#39;s exposure, mitigation menu, upgrade paths, and plausible transition scenarios. \ud83e\uddf5\ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XHdiSJFrlB\">pic.twitter.com\/XHdiSJFrlB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Presidio Bitcoin (@PresidioBitcoin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresidioBitcoin\/status\/2044082265303724151?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 14, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report aims to be a central location where people in the ecosystem can easily keep track of and analyze the current state of research around the issue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It currently takes a comprehensive look through the state of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The current state of quantum computing, as well as research into different quantum computing technologies that could lead to material engineering progress towards a viable device.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The level of exposure, i.e. how many coins and how much overall value is currently vulnerable to long-range attacks by a capable quantum computer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Post-quantum cryptographic schemes, as well as the current state of research in developing variants of such schemes more heavily optimized for Bitcoin&#8217;s unique architecture and way of functioning. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Different ways of implementing post-quantum cryptography in Bitcoin, and the trade-offs between these different paths.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Different mechanisms for safely migrating vulnerable coins to quantum-safe addresses in the event that a powerful enough quantum computer is created before users migrate to post-quantum cryptography.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An analysis of different ways that the actual migration could play out under different circumstances. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They plan to regularly update the repository\/report as new research comes out, and solutions and plans are further refined and updated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement comes after growing claims that Bitcoin developers are not doing anything to acknowledge or address the issue, and aims to highlight the on-going research and development into solutions to the issue conducted by developers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the current version of the report <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/presidiobtc\/bitcoin-quantum\/blob\/main\/presidio-bitcoin-quantum-readiness-v1-apr-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presidio Bitcoin releases new report, with plans to regularly update and maintain as a &#8220;living document&#8221; 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