Nearly 7 Million Bitcoin is Sitting in a Quantum Minefield, Including Satoshi’s
On-chain reports suggest that almost 6.7 million Bitcoin are currently sitting in quantum-vulnerable addresses. These tokens have not moved in years, and some have not moved for over a decade. A portion of these coins is also believed to belong to Satoshi Nakamoto.
Currently, these coins are the most valuable target in the history of financial crime.
A new whitepaper from Google Quantum AI, published on March 30, 2026, maps the precise scale of Bitcoin's quantum vulnerability for the first time.
The research
On-chain reports suggest that almost 6.7 million Bitcoin are currently sitting in quantum-vulnerable addresses. These tokens have not moved in years, and some have not moved for over a decade. A portion of these coins is also believed to belong to Satoshi Nakamoto.
Currently, these coins are the most valuable target in the history of financial crime.
A new whitepaper from Google Quantum AI, published on March 30, 2026, maps the precise scale of Bitcoin's quantum vulnerability for the first time.
The research
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