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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a quantum resistance roadmap that targets four vulnerable areas in the network.

Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor has said concerns that quantum computers will break Bitcoin’s cryptography are premature and likely a decade away. on Natalie Brunell’s Coin Stories podcast, he said the cybersecurity community generally agrees that any credible threat is not near-term.

On-chain analyst Willy Woo says quantum computing risk is weighing on Bitcoin’s valuation relative to gold. He shared a chart showing a 12-year trend break between Bitcoin and gold prices. Woo argues markets are beginning to price in future cryptographic threats tied to “Q-Day.”

CoinShares says Bitcoin faces a theoretical quantum risk, not an active one. The issue stems from future quantum computers that could break parts of Bitcoin’s cryptography, not from anything close to current capability.

Bitcoin’s weak performance to gold and silver revived an old debate on whether advances in quantum computing are starting to weigh on BTC demand. Some market participants argue that fear of future quantum attacks on Bitcoin’s cryptography is forcing capital out.

BTQ Technologies released the Bitcoin Quantum testnet on January 12, shortly after the 17th anniversary of Bitcoin’s genesis block. The Vancouver-based quantum technology company introduces the first quantum-resistant Bitcoin fork utilizing ML-DSA cryptographic standards approved by NIST.