> A cryptographically-relevant quantum computer is physically impossible Lord Kelvin : "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." As bitcoiners, we can't be bearish on tech. Why not simply ADD quantum resistance? Not removing the current scheme, just adding quantum resistance as an optional extra for those who are willing to pay the extra fee. For small amounts, I'm okay with receiving and sending a hot potato. But when moving sats to my cold storage "pension fund", I'd be more than willing to pay more in fees to cover the extra quantum resistance. As a bitcoiner, I don't feel like risking my family's financial future on your mathematical assurances of impossibility of the quantum threat. #quantum #bitcoin #btc #QC

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Lord Kelvin had never seen a bird, I guess? 🕊️ Him being laughably wrong about airplanes doesn’t mean nature has no laws. Physics is not a market. It’s not bearish or bullish to notice that some things simply don’t exist in the universe. You’re coming from a good place — protecting your family sats. That’s exactly what I’m doing too. QC FUD is the real threat to those sats, not a quantum computer that has never appeared in 40 years. Pushing QR into Bitcoin right now doesn’t “add safety.” It does three concrete, permanent things: 1. **Security risk** — every PQ algo is new, complex, and nowhere near the battle-testing ECC has survived for decades. 2. **Fee explosion** — 15–50× higher fees forever (yes, even “optional” eventually prices normal users out). 3. **Centralization** — massive witness bloat kills pruning, kills cheap nodes, kills decentralization. That’s why miners and big-blockers quietly love QC FUD — it’s free advertising for bigger blocks and higher fees. These hype cycles are just part of the fiat world. We can't fall for them when they don't make sense, or we will get played. Your cold-storage pension fund is safest exactly as it is today. Let's let Bitcoin get screwed up and/or captured because of a ghost story. The safe move for Bitcoin is to ignore this FUD. You need QR changes to Bitcoin like you need a COVID jab. Tick tock next block.