Adam Back: Bitcoin faces no quantum risk for next 20–40 years - Source: CoinTelegraph

Adam Back, the cryptographer and cypherpunk cited in the Bitcoin white paper, said Bitcoin is unlikely to face a meaningful threat from quantum computing for at least two to four decades.

Responding to an X user on Nov. 15 who asked whether Bitcoin is at risk, Back wrote that “probably not for 20–40 years,” adding that there are already post-quantum encryption standards approved by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that Bitcoin could implement “long before cryptographically relevant quantum computers.

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