More than 107 BTC are now provably burned from the supply until someone invents a cryptographically relevant quantum computer. The post Someone just burned $8 million of bitcoin appeared first on Protos.

  • usrtrv@sh.itjust.works
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    25 days ago

    If someone is able to steal the bitcoin from this wallet, then all bitcoin will be worthless since all wallets can be stolen. Not sure what’s the point of mentioning that is.

    • musicalphysics@discuss.online
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      25 days ago

      It seems the latest fashion is to worry about quantum computers breaking crypto, and thus breaking bitcoin, as if nothing else in the world also depends on crypto.