Venture capitalist warns Bitcoin industry overlooks quantum threat to encrypted messages in transit
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Shaurya Malwa
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Summary
Venture capitalist Andrew Gault warns that the Bitcoin industry is focusing on the wrong quantum computing threat — fixating on wallet key vulnerability while ignoring the more immediate danger of encrypted messages currently moving between exchanges, bridges, and custodians. Gault, CEO of ZeroTier and founding partner of 7percent Ventures, argues that data in transit between institutions is a more critical vulnerability than stored data. Google's security team reportedly moved in the same direction in March 2025, suggesting growing concern about this overlooked attack vector.
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Bitcoin's biggest quantum risk may not be wallet keys. An early investor fears something bigger
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