Well, almost all of people here are USAians. Also... These posts (including this one) seem to have high positive sat ballance, so is that really a problem?

Hm... humans are deployed by other humans.

Exactly. Leaving 0 reserve has negative impact on your channel partner, but spending and closing doesn't.

Step before A: develop post quantum addresses lol

The only place that was on btc map in my region (and a sticker "we accept bitcoin") told me that they don't accept bitcoin...

Why does ldn use 24 words, while ldk uses 12 words for backup?

Some of these provicers will touch the fiat system.

I think developing quantum resistant addresses is the priority. As for the satoshi era coins, the best is to leave them as they are. Having abandoned utxos liberated is way lesser evil then freezing balances.

Wow, that's a very high bar. It can realistically be achieved only if the whole world starts only using bitcoin as medium of exchange. Having an isolated economic system with zero interaction with the rest of the world is practically impossible.

The problem with bitcoin is different from the problems with other systems for the following reasons:

1. Other systems are centralized and can be centrally updated quickly or stopped if a real threat appears. Bitcoin cannot do that.
2. Bitcoin changes happen slow, so developments specifically for bitcoin should start as soon as possible.
3. I may be wrong here, but as far as I know currently post-quantum encryption algorithms use keys that are larger then the current bitcoin keys. This may present a problem specifically for bitcoin, where block space is limited.
4. When a soft fork is implemented there will be a long time for the users to transfer their money to quantum resistant addresses.

So I would love people to take this seriously. I don't understand cryptography, but people who do need to think specifically in the unique context of bitcoin. I hope good post quantum addresses will be implemented in bitcoin.

(BTW even a small probability that quantum computers can break the cryptography in the near future warrants an action. Being prepared for a possible threat that does not materialize is OK. The danger is enough to take action. You don't really know for sure whether quantum computers will be ready in two years, 10 years or 100 years.)

I would like to see post quantum cryptography at least being discussed here. What post quantum crypto alogorythms can be theoretically implemented for starters. Which is a lomg long way from making an actual proposal.

I have always wondered why isnt there a pay to taproot hash type address.

Railways would be cheaper than road transport if roads were not subsidized (free)

The regime never cared about civilians so why should we?

Yeah, that's the spirit. Kill them all!!!!1!1!11!!

How many of you think that the EU and its predecessor is the reason the wars on the continent significantly decreased in the second half of 20th century?

Bitcoiners are underestimating the threat. People knowledgable of cryptography need to at least start discussing possible post quantum cryptography implementatons in bitcoin.

Btw why aren't hashed taproot key addresses a thing? It's atrivially easy thing that while not solving, will limit the time where a quantum computer has to break a specific address.

Y2k was a problem that was solved via software updates where needed.