If quantum computers are so powerful that they’ve turned into a threat against Bitcoin, how come they were never used to brute force one of Satoshi Nakamoto’s wallets?

The coins are clearly out there in the open and haven’t moved since they were mined. So could it be that quantum computing is a paper tiger and will remain so for years even under Moore’s law?

Listen to S15 E6 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast to learn more 🖥️

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Makes sense to me.

Not sure if this makes sense. Attacking Bitcoin this way would render it invaluable immediately, no?

The mempool would be a dangerous place for your transactions, so nobody would make them anymore.

Well, except if you don‘t care about the Bitcoin. Then this argument makes sense.