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Bitcoin’s quantum problem gets a recovery tool, but not for Satoshi’s 1.1 million coins

CoinDesk·July 19, 2026·1 min read
Bitcoin’s quantum problem gets a recovery tool, but not for Satoshi’s 1.1 million coins

Project Eleven funded a proof allowing a wallet's key-derivation path to prove ownership after quantum computers forge signatures. The solution runs in 243 milliseconds on a laptop. However, it cannot recover Satoshi's 1.1 million Bitcoin. The tool addresses Bitcoin's quantum vulnerability without restoring the earliest coins.

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