Bitcoin's quantum problem gets a recovery tool, but not for Satoshi's 1.1 million coins
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Project Eleven and Jim Posen, lead developer of the Binius proof system, built a zero-knowledge proof around it. The user proves they know the key material sitting above their address in the wallet's derivation tree, that it derives the address in question, and binds the proof to a specific message, so the same proof can authorize the migration transaction. None of the key material is disclosed. The benchmarks are what make it interesting. On an M5 MacBook Air, generating the proof takes 243 milliseconds on four cores, verification takes 40 milliseconds, and the whole thing uses about 2 gigabytes of memory and no GPU at all. There is no trusted setup. Project Eleven's runs in 910 milliseconds on the CPU alone, counting circuit construction, proof generation and self-checking, which it puts at 16 times faster. Excluding the one-time setup, which a real prover would build once and reuse, the gap widens to roughly 60 times. Which brings it back to Satoshi. The entire trick depends on there being a key above a user’s address to prove knowledge of, and that the tree structure arrived with BIP-32, which was assigned on February 11, 2012. Before it, as Bitcoin's own documentation puts it , wallets generated every key independently and at random.
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A new recovery tool has been developed to address the threat of quantum computing to the Bitcoin network. However, the 1.1 million BTC held by Satoshi Nakamoto remain unprotected by this technical solution, ensuring that security concerns persist. Investors should closely monitor future Bitcoin security protocol updates in response to advancements in quantum computing technology.
상승 영향
- Bitcoin — The development of a technical recovery tool against quantum computing threats is expected to enhance the network's long-term security and reliability.
하락 영향
- Bitcoin — Because Satoshi Nakamoto's 1.1 million BTC remain excluded due to technical limitations, the potential market risk from a future quantum attack remains unresolved.
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The introduction of this tool represents a significant step in hardening the network against post-quantum cryptographic threats. While it addresses vulnerability concerns for standard addresses, the exclusion of early, legacy wallets highlights the persistent risk surrounding dormant 'Satoshi' coins. This development underscores the ongoing tension between maintaining Bitcoin's immutability and evolving to survive future computational paradigms.
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