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How real is the quantum threat?

By umniy.com
Jenna Montgomery

A new panel has been officially announced to take place at Bitcoin 2026 titled “How Real Is The Quantum Threat?” The conversation will bring together five voices at the center of one of the most actively debated technical issues in Bitcoin today, and the lineup reflects the full range of perspectives the topic requires.

The panel has:

Hunter Beast, a senior protocol engineer for the Anduro sidechain platform incubated by MARA, co-authored BIP 360, a proposal that establishes a new Bitcoin wallet address type designed to protect the network from quantum computing threats. BIP 360 was merged into the Bitcoin Core BIP repository in February 2026 and was deployed on the Bitcoin Quantum Testnet v0.3.0 in March, marking significant progress towards upgrading Bitcoin.

James O’Beirne has been a Bitcoin Core contributor since 2015 and leads several projects including OP_VAULT (BIP-345) and assumeutxo, who previously worked at Chaincode Labs.

Brandon Black is a Bitcoin software engineer who has spoken publicly about why quantum computing timelines are often misunderstood by the wider market.

Charles Edwards of Capriole has argued that quantum computing is developing faster than expected and has advocated for a 2026 BIP-360 implementation.

Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy Digital, has taken a more measured stance, arguing that the quantum threat to Bitcoin is real but limited today, affecting only certain vulnerable wallets, and that developers are actively building ways to deal with it over time.

The panel will cover one of the most actively discussed technical topics in Bitcoin today – how quantum computing is evolving, where Bitcoin’s cryptography stands, and what the path to long-term protocol resilience looks like. Developers are already working on several solutions, including quantum-resistant addresses and phase upgrade proposals, and this panel brings together some of the brightest minds working on these upgrades. It will take place on April 29 on the Nakamoto Stage at Bitcoin 2026, The Venetian Resort, Las Vegas.