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Are you one of those people who have much difficulty understanding even the basics of quantum computing and what it implies for cryptography and for Bitcoin after 2029?

There are many articles with sources that a Bitcoin post-quantum algorithm is in development and running on a testnet. Your fear is irrational and premature on something that is not even close to being production ready.

The recent AI development and progress has fried everyone's brain that every new tech will take a financial quarter to develop.

Maybe I should sell my gold also because nuclear fusion will make it plentiful and obsolete as store of value?

Oh it will take many iterations of any testnet algorithm for it to really be sufficient against quantum computing. It will also add to the computational burden on the nodes, which has its own cost.

Moreover, many of the Bitcoin wallet types, except perhaps SegWit, readily leak their public key when a transaction is made.

All this has nothing to do with AI. The current forecast for commercial quantum computing is 2029.

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