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Investor Nick Carter argues the US government does not owe large labs a business model; if token economics fail, consumers and enterprises will benefit from cheaper cognition.
Nick Carter explains quantum computers could forge signatures using exposed public keys, allowing unauthorized transfers of Bitcoin.
Nick Carter cites Jameson Lopp's estimate that roughly 2.5 million Bitcoin outputs are presumed abandoned and would remain perpetually exposed unless proactively migrated.
Nick Carter argues Bitcoin must move to cryptographic agility with post-quantum signatures despite performance trade-offs. Current schemes like SPHINCS would drop Bitcoin's transaction rate from 7 to 0.3 per second.
Carter notes developer reticence stems from performance concerns, distrust of new cryptographic assumptions like lattices, and lack of a single coordinator to lead the quantum upgrade effort.
Nick Carter's first choice is to leave the coins vulnerable, hoping a US entity develops quantum capability first and confiscates them orderly. His fallback is Pruden's recycle-to-end-of-supply plan.