forgive me if the questions are dumb but what are the implications for current hardware wallets? will they be able to handle these huge addresses and signatures with only software upgrades? how many of these quantum resistant transactions would fit in a block?

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erna 4 months ago
What app is that ? I never seen like that
No dumb questions at all. I've also been hearing a lot of this for the first time this week. You are very right with your concerns. Hardware wallets will likely need processor, RAM and battery upgrades and become more expensive. And much fewer transactions will fit per block, impacting scaling. Really seems like a very fundamental challenge to a lot of things that we may think were settled. But exactly how it will play out, no one can tell at the moment, AFAICT.