The post The Threat That Might Never Come appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bitcoin The notion that quantum computers could one day unravel Bitcoin’s code has long fascinated the crypto world. For some, it’s the digital equivalent of a doomsday prophecy; for others, it’s an overhyped distraction from the network’s real challenges. The latest spark came from market veteran Peter Brandt, who warned that the “ultimate risk” to Bitcoin isn’t regulation or competition – but rather the hypothetical day when someone unlocks Satoshi Nakamoto’s untouched Bitcoin trove. His concern stems from the belief that a future quantum computer could, in theory, break the cryptography protecting those long-dormant wallets. Satoshi’s Silent Fortune Roughly 1.1 million BTC, attributed to Bitcoin’s mysterious creator, has remained frozen for 15 years. No movement. No signatures. Just an enormous, sleeping fortune that has fueled endless speculation. Some in the community think those coins are lost forever – perhaps because Satoshi is gone. Others imagine they could someday reappear through an automated “dead man’s switch.” Either way, their immobility has become a symbol of Bitcoin’s purity and permanence. But Brandt and a handful of analysts, including Capriole founder Charles Edwards, argue that quantum technology might one day change that. They point to Shor’s algorithm, which – if run on a sufficiently powerful quantum machine – could reverse-engineer private keys from public data, effectively rendering old wallets vulnerable. How Real Is the Quantum Threat? For now, experts agree that the technology simply isn’t there. Quantum computers exist, but none come close to the scale needed to crack Bitcoin’s SHA-256 encryption. Even with rapid scientific progress, such power is believed to be decades away. “Quantum computing is a risk in theory, not in practice,” one researcher noted. “By the time it becomes feasible, Bitcoin will likely have evolved with post-quantum security.” That sentiment echoes across the crypto space. Chun Wang, co-founder of… The post The Threat That Might Never Come appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bitcoin The notion that quantum computers could one day unravel Bitcoin’s code has long fascinated the crypto world. For some, it’s the digital equivalent of a doomsday prophecy; for others, it’s an overhyped distraction from the network’s real challenges. The latest spark came from market veteran Peter Brandt, who warned that the “ultimate risk” to Bitcoin isn’t regulation or competition – but rather the hypothetical day when someone unlocks Satoshi Nakamoto’s untouched Bitcoin trove. His concern stems from the belief that a future quantum computer could, in theory, break the cryptography protecting those long-dormant wallets. Satoshi’s Silent Fortune Roughly 1.1 million BTC, attributed to Bitcoin’s mysterious creator, has remained frozen for 15 years. No movement. No signatures. Just an enormous, sleeping fortune that has fueled endless speculation. Some in the community think those coins are lost forever – perhaps because Satoshi is gone. Others imagine they could someday reappear through an automated “dead man’s switch.” Either way, their immobility has become a symbol of Bitcoin’s purity and permanence. But Brandt and a handful of analysts, including Capriole founder Charles Edwards, argue that quantum technology might one day change that. They point to Shor’s algorithm, which – if run on a sufficiently powerful quantum machine – could reverse-engineer private keys from public data, effectively rendering old wallets vulnerable. How Real Is the Quantum Threat? For now, experts agree that the technology simply isn’t there. Quantum computers exist, but none come close to the scale needed to crack Bitcoin’s SHA-256 encryption. Even with rapid scientific progress, such power is believed to be decades away. “Quantum computing is a risk in theory, not in practice,” one researcher noted. “By the time it becomes feasible, Bitcoin will likely have evolved with post-quantum security.” That sentiment echoes across the crypto space. Chun Wang, co-founder of…