Reviewing Presidio Bitcoin’s Quantum Readiness Report and the Latest Quantum-Bitcoin Proposals

Show Notes

Steve Lee (@moneyball) gives an overview of Presidio Bitcoin’s Quantum Readiness Report, including its purpose, scope, and what sets it apart. The crew also covers response paths across different quantum timelines, mitigation trade-offs, emergency planning, Taproot, and recent developments in the bitcoin-quantum discussion. If you see ways to improve or update this project, please file an issue, open a PR, or begin a discussion: https://github.com/presidiobtc/bitcoin-quantum/ The v1.0 PDF version that’s easier to share: https://github.com/presidiobtc/bitcoin-quantum/blob/main/presidio-bitcoin-quantum-readiness-v1-apr-2026.pdf 0:00 Report launch, purpose, and what sets it apart 3:42 Report scope: quantum risk scenarios, possible timelines, and response paths 5:33 Neutrality, incentives, and open-source maintainership 8:56 Research progress, migration capacity, and worst-case planning 15:28 Google’s newest paper and why AI demand could accelerate quantum development 19:07 Lalu's ZKP recovery proofs for frozen coins 21:42 Quantum-Safe Bitcoin mechanism requiring no consensus changes 26:26 Taproot precommitment, trade-offs, and future upgrade paths 🎧 From the PBJ podcast recorded at 📍Presidio Bitcoin 🔗 Full episode: https://youtube.com/live/7He8tdQ6gnk?feature=share 🌐 Learn more: https://www.presidiobitcoin.org/