Bitcoin Quantum·2d agoWhat the BTQ testnet carried from 3 to 9 NovemberBetween 3 and 9 November 2026 (UTC), the BTQ testnet mined 9,405 blocks and recorded 10,035 transactions. This post says what those…
Bitcoin Quantum·5d agoPreventing the Change Leak: Preserving Post-Quantum Security in UTXO WalletsDesigning a quantum-resistant layer-1 blockchain requires re-evaluating every architectural assumption inherited from the classical UTXO…
Bitcoin Quantum·Nov 8Enabling BIP324 by Default in BTQ Core: Encrypted P2P TransportWhile consensus rules enforce block validity and signature integrity, the underlying gossip layer has historically operated over…
Bitcoin Quantum·Nov 5Backporting Upstream Bitcoin Core CVEs to a Post-Quantum ArchitectureSoftware architectures that fork mature codebases face a continuous operational challenge: maintaining alignment with upstream security…
Bitcoin Quantum·Nov 4What Shor’s Algorithm Actually Breaks in Bitcoin, and What It Does NotPublic discussions surrounding quantum computing and UTXO blockchains frequently conflate two distinct cryptographic mechanisms: digital…
Bitcoin Quantum·Nov 2Crypto agility is harder on a blockchain. Here’s how Bitcoin Quantum handles it.What happens if the post-quantum signature scheme protecting a blockchain breaks?
Bitcoin Quantum·Oct 29Sizing Post-Quantum Inputs: BTQ’s Witness Scale Factor and the 657-Unit RPC CheckPost-quantum signatures make witness sizing an important part of wallet engineering. BTQ implements ML-DSA-44, whose cryptographic…
Bitcoin Quantum·Oct 20Scaling Compact Block Relay for 8 MB Post-Quantum BlocksOptimizing peer-to-peer block propagation is one of the central engineering challenges of building a post-quantum Layer 1 blockchain. When…
Bitcoin Quantum·Oct 9A Quantum-Resistant Signature Doesn’t Make Your Blockchain Quantum-SafeIn standards literature, ‘quantum-resistant’ and ‘quantum-safe’ are often used interchangeably. But for protocol engineers, there is a…A response icon1A response icon1
