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We believe any approach to augment Bitcoin with quantum resistance should meet the following requirements. Any
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upgrade to Bitcoin's quantum resistance should:
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- ** Change as little as possible.* * Unless absolutely necessary should reuse existing Bitcoin code, standards and the
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+ *Change as little as possible.* Unless absolutely necessary should reuse existing Bitcoin code, standards and the
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existing expectations of how to use Bitcoin.
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- ** The upgrade must be gentle, staged and low cost.* * Rather than require that wallets and exchanges immediately support
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+ *The upgrade must be gentle, staged and low cost.* Rather than require that wallets and exchanges immediately support
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post-quantum signatures we must provide a way for them to gentle move to greater quantum resistance in small steps. This
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is critical because an upgrade path which requires too much effort up front is unlikely to be adopted prior to a
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a state of quantum emergency. The earlier the ecosystem begins upgrading to quantum resistance, the lower the number of
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coins at risk when quantum attacks become practical.
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- ** Use NIST standardized post-quantum signature algorithms.* * These algorithms have gotten the most scrutiny
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+ *Use NIST standardized post-quantum signature algorithms.* These algorithms have gotten the most scrutiny
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and are likely to be most well supported and well studied going forward. The entire Bitcoin ecosystem will benefit
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from using the most popular post-quantum signature algorithms including leveraging hardware acceleration
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instructions, commodity trusted hardware, software libraries and cryptography research.
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- ** Hedge against unexpected attacks on signature algorithms.* * This is motivated by two factors. First,
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+ *Hedge against unexpected attacks on signature algorithms.* This is motivated by two factors. First,
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Bitcoin must enable parties to hold coins securely for decades if not centuries. The history of cryptography is
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one of unexpected breakthroughs in attacks. Thus, Bitcoin should enable the user of multiple signature algorithms
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to hedge against the failure of any particular algorithm. Second, Many post-quantum algorithms are relatively new
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