The Coin Based boys (Drew Armstrong & ArbedOut) take the stage in their LIVE AT PUBKEY show at PubKey NYC to discuss the quantum threat to Bitcoin:

• Why the quantum threat is a real Bitcoin engineering problem
• The simplest usable mental model of classical bits vs. qubits (and how private keys could be theoretically derived from exposed public keys)
• Which Bitcoin address/script types are most exposed, why old P2PK outputs are “low-hanging fruit,” and how newer types reduce (but don’t eliminate) exposure
• The messy debate over what to do about vulnerable old coins... burn them? Throttle them? Or do nothing and accept the risk?
• The risk of picking the wrong “quantum-safe” scheme too early and why post-quantum migration is difficult in practice
• Whether this entire quantum debate is perhaps even just a FUD psyop
• ...and more!

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Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington D.C. (With more locations coming!) We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled.

Visit PubKey:

🗽 PubKey NYC

🗽 85 Washington Place

🗽 New York, NY 10011

🇺🇸 PubKey D.C.

🇺🇸 410 7th St NW

🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004

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Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your nym.

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