Going too slow on post quantum is a great way to ruin Bitcoin. We already have the exact quantum algo that can destroy Bitcoin, it's just a matter of functional q-bits, and there are enough teams trying enough different approaches that a breakthrough in the next few years, while still shocking, would not be unimaginable. All the arguing is not helping, in my mind it's a 50/50 whether Bitcoin wins the race against quantum or not.
On the plus side, what a dramatic way to go.
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We really don't need to and shouldn't make any changes before we need to. There's really nothing to worry about quantum attacks.
In fact, if looking at the Bitcoin code, we can see that Satoshi have already made multiple ways to mitigate such worries.
1. Enemy has all the Joules they can dream up
2. Playing that card makes all other digital assets and cryptography worthless too
3. Bitcoin is useful until that card is played