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Toh, Bernstein ne kya assessment diya hai? Woh bolte hain ki quantum computing ka threat Bitcoin ke liye credible hai, matlab hai toh sahi, par isse deal kiya ja sakta hai. Yeh koi emergency nahi hai, balki ek medium-to-long term upgrade cycle ka topic hai. Jo latest quantum tech advances aa rahi hain, unse encryption break karne ka time zaroor kam hua hai, par quantum systems ko itna powerful banana ki woh seriously attack kar sakein, yeh abhi bhi ek bahut bada challenge hai.
Firm ke analysts ne yeh bhi clear kiya hai ki aise quantum systems banana jo common encryption algorithms ko tod sakein, woh ek bahut hi complex aur multi-step process hai. Iska matlab saaf hai ki Bitcoin ko secure rakhne ke liye planned upgrades ki zaroorat padegi.
Abhi sabse zyada risk kahan hai? Report ke mutabik, risk limited hai lagbhag 1.7 million purane 'legacy' Bitcoin wallets ke liye. Nye security measures in vulnerabilities ko kaafi had tak reduce karne ke liye design kiye gaye hain.
Bitcoin mining ki baat karein toh yeh process, jo SHA-256 hashing par based hai, bahut secure maani ja rahi hai, yahan tak ki advanced quantum attacks ke khilaaf bhi. Bernstein ka andaaza hai ki crypto industry ke paas post-quantum cryptography mein shift karne ke liye kaafi time hoga, around 3 se 5 saal. Iske liye upgrade plans jaise naye wallet standards, address reuse kam karna, aur key rotation protocols par discussion pehle se hi chal rahi hai.
Aur ek zabardast point yeh hai ki Bitcoin mining par quantum attack karne ke liye jo energy chahiye hogi, woh itni zyada hogi ki woh ek star ki energy output ke comparable ho sakti hai! Yeh bhi dikhata hai ki threat ko manage kiya ja sakta hai. Report mein AI models se privacy architecture par bhi chinta jatayi gayi hai jaise blockchain adoption badh raha hai.