Clearly. And no one is seriously claiming this should be done today.
What we're saying is we should be PLANNING today for all possible contingencies.
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if we want to plan, we need to give the free market the ability to CHOOSE whether they go to quantum resistant addresses or not.
there is no scenario where the network should freeze someone else’s coins. it’s absolute nonsense and destroys bitcoin’s fundamental value, which you seem keen on doing.
Opt-in PQC makes sense today when the threat is remote.
If the threat becomes imminent then opt-in only becomes far less useful.
Planning as a word is contentious and raising hackles. Discussing possible responses isnt contentious. We're a long way from planning stages. That's for when you want to get detailed on a particular proposal that's arisen through discussion.
I am. Planning to buy some cheap sats when some treasure hunters show up. And then planning to be sad when it ends faster than anyone expected because they can only be compromised once.
Maybe we should freeze Coinbase's coins too as it's only a matter of time before they end up with governance that causes them to blow up, and they hold keys to a huge chunk of the network.