Adam Back on Bitcoin’s Quantum Computing Future

Key Takeaways:

• Quantum threat real, still decades away
• Prepare Bitcoin upgrades now, not later
• BlackRock disclosures are fiduciary duty, not FUD
• ETF buyers stayed, that changes everything
• Miners sell less as price rises
• Institutional wave hasn’t fully landed yet
• $500K–$1M Bitcoin, next 24 months

Blockstream CEO Adam Back sat down with Cointelegraph at Paris Blockchain Week to address the question the market keeps getting wrong. The quantum threat to Bitcoin is real, but the timeline, the response, and the stakes are nothing like the headlines suggest. He also left Paris with an active bet on $500,000 to $1 million Bitcoin within 24 months, and a pointed observation about who exactly is hoping he loses it.

The Question the Market Keeps Asking Wrong

Adam Back has been tracking quantum computing research since the early 2000s...