Nine crypto organizations launched the Quantum Alliance on October 16, an open body modeled on the IETF to define and test quantum resistance standards. Approximately 6.04 million BTC, representing 30% of the supply, sit in addresses whose public keys are already exposed on the blockchain, making them vulnerable to Shor’s algorithm. A consortium backed by BlackRock, Strategy and Coinbase has committed 15 million dollars to the issue, but neither BIP-360 nor the progressive freezing of vulnerable addresses has been activated. Several forecasts point to the end of the decade, notably March 2028, as the first danger window, leaving less than twenty months to make progress.
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