On the 10th, blockchain analytics firm Glassnode revealed in a post on the social media platform X that 35.4% of the total Bitcoin (BTC) supply, equivalent to 7.12 million BTC, has public keys visible externally. These public keys could potentially be targeted by future quantum computers.
Funds with visible public keys could have their private keys deciphered if sufficiently powerful quantum computers are realized, leading to potential security risks...