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The first crypto theft enabled by a cryptography-breaking quantum computer will look, from the outside, like an ordinary unexplained breach, the founder of Quantus said.
Crypto executives say bad actors with that kind of capability will probably skip Satoshi Nakamoto's high-profile Bitcoin wallets, because drawing broad attention is not the goal.
Why Nakamoto's wallets stay safe Nakamoto's addresses are among the most closely watched in digital assets.
A theft from those wallets would function as an announcement that quantum-capable attacks on public-key cryptography are possible, handing the broader industry an immediate reason to harden defenses.
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