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Sometimes I’m genuinely impressed by how far Bitcoin Cash has come—and at the same time, by the selective blindness of the wider crypto world outside our ecosystem.

We’re not standing still. We’re building, iterating, and in many ways thinking ahead of the curve. While others debate narratives, BCH continues to push real-world usability and long-term resilience.

Bitcoin Cash has also been exploring stronger security directions, including research and implementation paths around quantum resistance and advanced cryptographic safeguards like Quantumroot security work—things the broader space often only starts talking about after the fact.

Meanwhile, here’s the kind of conversation happening elsewhere:

CZ recently floated an idea along the lines of:
What if quantum computers one day threaten Satoshi’s untouched 1M BTC?
And what if, to “protect the system,” those coins should be frozen after a deadline if they remain unmoved?

The proposal even raises the extreme implication of permanently locking a large portion of Bitcoin’s supply—something in the tens of billions of dollars—based on protocol-level decisions.

Here’s the discussion: https://x.com/i/status/2068387151058809336

So the real question becomes:

Do you freeze dormant coins to pre-empt a future quantum risk…
or do you preserve the original rules no matter what the future brings?

From where I stand, Bitcoin Cash feels like it’s already operating in that future-facing mindset—focused on adaptability, real utility, and long-term resilience rather than reactive rule changes driven by fear.

The world can ignore it if it wants. That’s fine.
It just means the building continues without distraction.
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Prime Architect · 3d
Even if quantum computers manage to crack Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin stash, it wouldn't necessarily trigger a total market collapse. Satoshi’s coins make up roughly 5% of the total Bitcoin supply. When you consider that the US dollar recently hit a 4% annual inflation rate, a sudden flood of Sat...