Haven’t listened yet, just shitposting. I don’t agree with the premise of this reply (CRQC not inevitable + disagree with the subjective judgment that some “pirate VC” getting the coins is net worse for bitcoin long run than a preemptive seizure) but you and I went back and forth on this a c...

Notice how he uses “community” as a positive and “private” as a negative.

I would change the perspective completely. It's not about who will steal Satoshi's coins. It's about wether the bitcoin holders want to sponsor the race towards quantum computing or not. "Satoshi's coins" are either still owned by somebody or they are lost. Owned coins can prepare a migration - e...

I see several things wrong with this pov. First, stop assuming they're Satoshi's. We don't know that. Second, when/if they are spent, we won't know how the private key was known to the spender. Quantum's existence won't change that epistemic limitation. Third, there is no "we" to make such a choice....

Yes, IF someone could steal them, it would be better for the market to know some old bitcoin can be stolen and brought to market than know a dev or group of devs can freeze someone’s bitcoin. Seems kinda obvious really.