Maximalists warn freezing 5.6M BTC risks instant sell-offs, while others say quantum threats leave no alternative. Bitcoin developers and analysts are fiercely debating a proposal to freeze about 5.6 million long-dormant coins to protect them from potential future quantum-computing attacks. Critics warn that freezing any coins would shatter Bitcoin’s promise of unconditional, censorship-resistant ownership and could trigger one of the worst single-day repricings in the cryptocurrency’s history.…
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