An ominous warning has been issued by renowned onchain analyst Willy Woo, suggesting that the market is beginning to price in the risks from quantum computing into $BTC value, directly threatening the "digital gold" status that BTC has built over the past 12 years.
🔸 The market is growing concerned about a future scenario where quantum computers are powerful enough to break current encryption algorithms.
If private keys can be derived from public keys, approximately 4 million BTC could be "awakened" and reenter circulation.
This amount represents 25%–30% of the total supply, enough to destroy Bitcoin's core scarcity narrative.
🔸 Could the community reach a consensus for a Hard Fork to "freeze" these BTC? Willy Woo believes it's very difficult:
He estimates the probability of reaching consensus is only 25%.
Freezing assets would violate Bitcoin's foundational principles of immutability and property rights, likely causing deep divisions.
🔸 Revaluation Relative to Gold:
With a 75% probability that these "ghost" BTC become spendable again, Willy Woo believes BTC will face a structural discount relative to Gold for the next 5-15 years.
In fact, strategist Christopher Wood removed BTC from his core portfolio in January and switched to Gold due to these quantum concerns.
When "Q Day" is no longer science fiction and major funds begin hedging with physical Gold $XAU , do you believe Bitcoin will upgrade in time for quantum resistance, or is the scenario of 4 million BTC "dumping" inevitable?
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