Pedro Mosca

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[Jeremy Allaire - jerallaire.arc @jerallaire]

The Culture of Currency coming soon from Time Studios with @wyclef

[Jamie Coutts CMT @Jamie1Coutts]

I used to wave away quantum computing (QC) risks to Bitcoin as far-fetched. I don’t anymore.

The usual pushback goes like this: QC isn’t a threat for years, and if it is, then the whole financial system is in trouble anyway. That line of nihilistic thinking may be comforting to some, but it misses the point.

Big banks aren’t sitting idle. They’re already investing in quantum research, building internal teams, partnering with QC developers, and thinking about how to harden their systems over time. They’re not “quantum-safe” today — but they’re not starting from scratch either.

Bitcoin is different. It can upgrade, technically. But doing so requires slow, messy coordination across a decentralised network. There’s no risk committee, no mandate, no one who can just say “we’re switching now.”

So this isn’t about panic or pretending I know the precise timelines. Maybe QC is five years away. Maybe it’s fifteen. The problem is that quantum risk is low-probability but massive-impact — and those are exactly the risks decentralised systems struggle to deal with early.

Add AI into the mix, and it’s at least plausible that timelines compress rather than extend.

What’s interesting is the growing gap between developer confidence and institutional behaviour. Even if developers think there’s a zero percent chance of a quantum threat in the next five years, some institutions are clearly pricing it higher.

The recent decision by CLSA strategist Chris Wood to remove BTC from his widely followed portfolio due to QC risk may look like “paper hands,” but it matters. It signals that quantum risk is entering institutional risk frameworks — even if views differ widely.

And those views do differ. There’s plenty of counter-evidence. Harvard’s reported decision to increase its exposure by roughly 280% shows institutional support for Bitcoin isn’t disappearing. What’s changing isn’t demand, but dispersion — my guess is that institutional alignment on how to price tail risks diverges further as the QC threat rises.

It’s also plausible that Harvard’s decision had nothing to do with quantum risk at all. Falling volatility alone, consistent with their asset-allocation framework, would justify a higher weighting.

There’s nuance and a lot of in-depth technical understanding, which I’m still working through. But asking these questions is reasonable. @caprioleio has been pushing on this for a while, and he’s right to challenge the shrug-it-off attitude.

What is unreasonable is pretending that JPMorgan and Bitcoin face the same problem. One can prepare in advance and mandate change. The other has to convince everyone, in advance, that a future threat is worth acting on.

Which brings me to the incentive problem.

As Bitcoin’s price rises, confidence rises — and the willingness to push through disruptive, precautionary upgrades falls. The system feels safest exactly when it is least incentivised to prepare.

Quantum risk doesn’t move with price, but the gap does.

[Stereogum @stereogum]

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[James Ross @jamesrosst]

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[impepe 🐸 @impepe_0]

Hanging out at the clubhouse with the BAYC / MAYC members in @OthersideMeta

Always a banger! See yall again next Thursday 🫡

[Ran Neuner @cryptomanran]

It’s time!

[Luno @LunoGlobal]

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[Metaverse @Metaverse]

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[🦖WAGMISAURUS REX🦖 @wagmisaurus]

$BNB - watching for a breakout 👀

[Sleeping On Gems @sleepingongemss]

Curren$y was on a different level in 2010 😮‍💨

[MEXC_Derivatives @MEXCDerivatives]

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[Litecoin @litecoin]

Hi der.

If you're sad this morning, just remember litecoin has processed trillions of dollars over it's chain with zero downtime over 14 years.

Ur welcome.

[Joe Rogan @joerogan]

My brother @EhsanJAhmad has just released his first comedy special!

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I’ve had the privilege of working with him at @MothershipATX while’s he’s been putting this together and it’s really great

[Zaif @zaifdotjp]

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[deBridge @debridge]

Attention follows momentum

SOL continues to lead, followed by BNB and POL

[Leap @leap_xyz]

Tonight 9pm est again https://t.co/ryZHIHxz18

[Crypto Futur @crypto_futur]

Et ben je ne m’attendais pas à ce que ce soit aussi brutal, le top sur les 98k$ !

Le dead cat bounce est pour l’instant parfaitement respecté, je veux quand même apporter de nouvelles précisions : ce qui va vraiment valider le dead cat bounce, c’est le passage sous les anciens plus bas.

Donc sous la clôture daily des 84,6k$, si on passe en dessous, on risque d’accélérer fort à la baisse, exactement comme en 2022.

On avait formé le rebond pendant +100 jours, puis on était doucement revenu vers les anciens plus bas, et quand on a cassé, on a entamé notre grosse jambe baissière.

J’ai encore mon short ouvert avec un TP de base à 70 000$, mais je me tâte à sortir entre les 89–84k$, voir comment on réagit sur les plus bas et ajuster suivant si on casse ou pas. Flemme d’avoir un rebond en bas du range et de me faire SL à BE à 96k$.

[//Bitcoin 𝕵ack 🐐 @bitcoinjack]

Who would have guessed shutting down electricity generation is a bad idea

Who are these people running these countries?

Zero accountability, maximum destruction

And if they don’t like your tweets that accurately criticize them, they will just silence you, mock you as some extreme right wing figure

Develish

[macki @_macki]

january @_grblockchain meetup

it was a surprise joint meeting with the local bitcoin group!

topics included:
• how to use stablecoins
• privacy chains (what are they?)
• the advantages of smart contracts

appreciate @standwithcrypto for supporting the convo once again