El Salvador has moved National Bitcoin Stash to several wallets on Friday as an official post and blockchain record.
The country transferred 6,274 BTC (about $ 667 million at the current price) with a single address and 14 individual addresses, and each new address has a maximum of 500 BTC.
Split the wallet to limit exposure
Based on the report of the Bitcoin office, this was to reduce the influence of the future quantum innovation.
Officials said the change is a simple and defensive stage. If the funds are consumed at the Bitcoin address, the public key of the address will be available in the blockchain.
If the Quantum machine reaches the ability to solve the elliptical curve encryption, it warns that the public key, People Kays, will be the target.
El Salvador is a part of a strategic initiative to improve the security and long -term custody of the national strategic bitcoin protection zone, and is being funded from a single bitcoin address to various new unused addresses. This action matches Bitcoin’s best practices.
-Bitcoin office (@Bitcoinofficesv) August 29, 2025
According to Project Eleven, if such abilities arrive, about $ 660 million of Bitcoin can be exposed.
Bitcoin personal keys used 256 -bit values and the current quantum system, which runs the algorithm of SHOR, did not break the 3 -bit key.
Most of the risk of quantum is theoretical
Experts say that the actual quantum attack on Bitcoin is not imminent. Project 11 and other researchers stress that threats are currently theoretically.
Public quantum computers did not show the power necessary to threaten modern encryption.
El Salvador moves Bitcoin into 14 separate addresses. Source: Mempool.space
Michael Saylor says that a warning of quantum attacks is exaggerated in June and an upgrade to Bitcoin software and hardware ecosystems will be implemented if a real threat appears.
The argument follows a simple logic. You can change software and hardware. You can upgrade your encryption. It does not make the danger zero. It overcomes danger than most observers’ timelines.
The technical point that leads this action is simple. If the coin leaves the address, the blockchain reveals the public key connected to the personal key used to sign the transaction.
If a powerful quantum computer appears later, the public key can theoretically be used to derive a private key and release the address.
El Salvador spreads funds across 14 addresses, reducing the maximum amount of exposed money when a single wallet is damaged after spending.
Image: Utimaco
This means to other holders
Managers and large holders can know the low cost stage. The movement costs small but symbols.
Other governments, exchanges and large -scale holders continue to see the development of encryption. Dividing a large holding is a simple technology that can be used without changing the operation of Bitcoin itself.
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