Bitcoin needs a quantum upgrade. So why isn’t it happening?

Bitcoin faces the need for quantum-resistant upgrades to protect against future quantum computing threats, but implementation remains stalled. Multiple factors are preventing this critical security upgrade from moving forward, highlighting potential vulnerabilities in Bitcoin's long-term security architecture.

• →Bitcoin requires quantum-resistant cryptographic upgrades to defend against future quantum computing attacks.
• →Multiple stakeholders have different reasons for delaying or opposing the necessary quantum upgrades.
• →The lack of quantum resistance poses a long-term security risk to Bitcoin's infrastructure.
• →Upgrade implementation faces technical and consensus challenges within the Bitcoin community.
• →The delay in quantum preparedness could leave Bitcoin vulnerable as quantum computing advances.