Though present in public discussion for years, the threat of quantum attacks – and the overall development of quantum computing – saw a massive increase in interest in 2026 as President Donald Trump’s administration unveiled $2 billion in investments to develop the technology.
The community around the world’s premier cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC), is seemingly responding to the long-perceived danger by proposing new measures to safeguard the digital asset.
A successful quantum attack could undermine confidence in the network and have serious implications for the price of Bitcoin.
Specifically, the BIP-361 proposal aims to incentivize individual holders to take the threat seriously by slowly raising the barriers to accessing funds held in accounts that have not seen proper security upgrades.
Here’s how Bitcoin might be secured against quantum computing attacks
According to the initiative’s website, the change would happen in three stages. First, sending funds to
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