Bitcoin Developer Proposes a Quantum Trap for Hackers
What if someone hacked your Bitcoin wallet and ended up paying you for the theft? That is the idea behind a proposal from Bitcoin Core developer Cory Fields. As Bitcoin prepares for Q-Day, when powerful quantum computers could break its current cryptography, Fields wants to make stealing vulnerable coins a costly gamble. On November 4, The post Bitcoin Developer Proposes a Quantum Trap for Hackers appeared first on BeInCrypto.
Key Takeaways
- What if someone hacked your Bitcoin wallet and ended up paying you for the theft?
- That is the idea behind a proposal from Bitcoin Core developer Cory Fields.
- As Bitcoin prepares for Q-Day, when powerful quantum computers could break its current cryptography, Fields wants to make stealing vulnerable coins a costly gamble.
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