United StatesCoinbase holds about 5% of all bitcoin for clients.
Coinbase’s blog post says bitcoin should prepare for quantum attacks now, not wait.
Anyone can see a wallet’s public key, and a future quantum computer could use it to recover the private key.
Coinbase wants the dispute over dormant and late-migrating wallets settled separately so it does not delay protections.
How each outlet framed it
- CoinDesk
- explains the bitcoin lock-and-key mechanism with a mailbox analogy before the threat is stated, and notes Coinbase holds about 5% of all bitcoin
Sources: CoinDesk