Bitcoin won't survive if a successful Shor's attack happens before Bitcoin's quantum immune system has developed to a specific degree. Right now nobody can say whether the virus will hit before or after the immune system is at that point (if the virus will hit at all).
But one can make a very strong argument that it hitting before is within the realm of possibility, and that as a result that would mean the end of Bitcoin.
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True, but the solutions are already on the table. Bitcoin could adapt in a matter of days if something happened.

