Archived snapshot · published 24 Aug 2026

Bitcoin Quantum
Preparedness
Dashboard

Weekly tracker of Bitcoin’s preparation for post-quantum migration.

ScopeThis archive records preparedness activity only. It does not assess quantum-computer or attack-side progress.
Reporting week17–23 AUG 2026
Published24 AUG 2026
Developments added or changed4

01 / Archived weekly summary

What changed

This page preserves the prior week’s substantiated changes and their original source links.

Meaningful updateOutput-type review moved into resource and aggregation trade-offsReview expanded from output semantics into network-resource accounting and possible CISA deployment combinations. No output type or bundle had consensus.
Archived state

Review expanded from output semantics into network-resource accounting and possible CISA deployment combinations. No output type or bundle had consensus.

Primary sourceOpen source
GovernanceTripwire discussion clarified automatic EC-disable expectationsParticipants separated social-canary and consensus-tripwire roles and continued debating automatic and miner-signalled variants. No mechanism was selected.
Archived state

Participants separated social-canary and consensus-tripwire roles and continued debating automatic and miner-signalled variants. No mechanism was selected.

Primary sourceOpen source
ExperimentPost-quantum single-address backup prototype gained typo detectionThe independent wallet-tool prototype added a versioned header and a pre-derivation typo check. It remained neither a BIP nor a deployed wallet standard.
Archived state

The independent wallet-tool prototype added a versioned header and a pre-derivation typo check. It remained neither a BIP nor a deployed wallet standard.

Primary sourceOpen source
MigrationDropKick rescue design entered Bitcoin-Dev reviewA concrete commit/reveal rescue design was opened for mailing-list review. It had no BIP, Bitcoin Core implementation or deployment path.
Archived state

A concrete commit/reveal rescue design was opened for mailing-list review. It had no BIP, Bitcoin Core implementation or deployment path.

Primary sourceOpen source

02 / Weekly archive

Snapshots, preserved

Open the live in-progress week or the earlier complete snapshot.