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Podcast: Stephan Livera Podcast
Episode: The Quantum Threat to Bitcoin explained with Clara Shikhelman and Anthony Milton | SLP670
Description: Clara Shikhelman Head of Research at ChaincodeLabs and Anthony Milton join me to explain the quantum threat to Bitcoin and possible mitigations:Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(02:46) Understanding Quantum Computing and Bitcoin Security(05:42) The Impact on Bitcoin Private keys(08:34) Mining and Quantum Computing(10:50) How many coins are vulnerable? (14:00) Bitcoin script types(19:37) Sponsors(21:25) Immediate call to action - stop address re use(25:20) What do we do if a QC appears? Burn vs Steal(34:00) Short Range vs Long Range Quantum attacks