#美国就业数据表现强劲超出预期 Quantum Computing approaching, the old Bitcoin Address is in countdown.

Industry insider Nic Carter recently raised a question worth serious consideration: what will happen to early Bitcoin addresses when practical quantum computers emerge?

The data is heart-wrenching—approximately 1.7 million Bitcoins have not moved for a long time globally, and these dormant assets are mainly stored in addresses from the Satoshi Nakamoto era. What's the problem? These addresses use the standard ECDSA signature mechanism, which has no defense against Quantum Computing.

In other words, when the computing power of quantum computers is strong enough, it can theoretically reverse-engineer private keys.

The pressure is considerable. The number of quantum bits in global laboratories is doubling every year, and while the industry generally expects practical quantum computers to still be 5 to 10 years away, upgrading cryptography has become a problem that must be solved. This has created an implied race—upgrading Bitcoin's anti-quantum solutions needs to be completed before the real threat emerges.

If the upgrade is not timely, the consequences are indeed worrisome. It is not only the security issue of those 1.7 million BTC, but more importantly, it will shake the trust foundation of the entire cryptocurrency market. Once the core assumption of "unbreakable" is broken, the trillion-dollar scale of the cryptocurrency asset ecosystem will face repricing.

This is not alarmist. For early holders who are still using old addresses, it is time to prioritize understanding this risk and considering address migration solutions.