#700: Preparing Bitcoin for the Quantum Era with Jonas Nick & Mikhail Kudinov

#700: Preparing Bitcoin for the Quantum Era with Jonas Nick & Mikhail Kudinov

Published: December 31, 2025

Duration: 1:14:01

Marty sits down with Jonas Nick and Mikhail Komarov to discuss their research on hash-based signature schemes for Bitcoin, exploring how these quantum-resistant cryptographic solutions could protect the network from future quantum computer threats while navigating trade-offs in signature size, verification time, and compatibility with existing wallet infrastructure.

Jonas on Twitter: https://x.com/n1ckler

Mikhail on Twitter: https://x.com/kudinov_mikhail

The paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/2203.pdf

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