BitDevs: Quantum Resistant Bitcoin, challenges and solutions

BitDevs Athens is a community for those interested in discussing and participating in the research and development of Bitcoin and Bitcoin-related protocols. You can be well versed with or new to the topics, all are welcome. Be advised: discussion will be ***technical***.

Our monthly Socratic Seminar events are formatted to foster debate, information sharing and lively discussion. If this is your first time, please read about our Socratic Seminar series here.

This day's topic will be:

1) Quantum Resistant Bitcoin, challenges and solutions
Reading material, with shortest material listed first:

Post-Quantum Bitcoin material:
• Jameson Lopp's arguments in favor of burning quantum-vulnerable coins: https://blog.lopp.net/against-quantum-recovery-of-bitcoin/ and https://github.com/jlopp/bips/blob/quantum_migration/bip-post-quantum-migration.mediawiki
• BIP360 P2QRH Pay To Quantum Resistant Hash https://github.com/cryptoquick/bips/blob/p2qrh/bip-0360.mediawiki
• Quantum Threats to Bitcoin (slides based off of the Chaincode report): https://stacker.news/items/995113, https://stacker.news/items/997751, https://stacker.news/items/1001476 and https://stacker.news/items/1007596
• Chaincode's Bitcoin and Quantum Computing: Current Status and Future Directions: https://chaincode.com/bitcoin-post-quantum.pdf

Post-Quantum web material:
• Introduction to how Post-Quantum Cryptography is being rolled out on the web: https://blog.cloudflare.com/pq-2024/
• The mathematics of Post-Quantum Cryptography on the web: https://blog.cloudflare.com/lattice-crypto-primer/

2) Review of technical Bitcoin news/topics. In every meetup we go through technical Bitcoin news.

How should I prepare? Read the material.

Do you hold meetups for a wider audience? Yes, please subscribe to https://www.meetup.com/blockchaingreece-0/ and review past meetups.
The event will be held in English and is free. We start at 7pm and at 9 pm we will head to dinner & drinks, all are welcome!