Bitcoin researchers mull solutions to throughput issues potentially raised by 'post-quantum' signatures

Tech • April 4, 2025, 5:22PM EDT
UPDATED: April 4, 2025, 5:23PM EDT
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  • Cloudflare researcher Ethan Heilman suggested using Non-Interactive Transaction Compression to get around the major scaling issues introduced by post-quantum signatures.
  • BIP-360: QuBit – Pay to Quantum Resistant Hash suggested introducing a new transaction type to help protect Bitcoin from quantum attacks.
BIP-360: QuBit - Pay to Quantum Resistant Hash suggested introducing a new transaction type to help protect Bitcoin from quantum attacks.
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