According to on-chain analyst James Check, Bitcoin may face a political crisis as much as a technical one if powerful quantum computers arrive.

He warns that the hard part will not be the math but getting the Bitcoin community to agree on how to protect coins that have not moved for years.

Dormant Supply At Risk

Reports have disclosed that roughly 32.4% of all Bitcoin has not moved in the past five years, and nearly 17% has stayed still for more than a decade.

That stockpile includes addresses that expose public keys, which are the main target if quantum attacks become practical.

Some analysts estimate roughly 6–7 million BTC sit in these vulnerable formats. Those holdings are already being watched by security experts.

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