Experts Debate Zcash's Quantum Resistance and Privacy Implications
Experts Debate Zcash's Quantum Resistance and Privacy Implications
A recent debate among experts has brought to light critical questions regarding the quantum resistance of privacy-focused cryptocurrencies like Zcash. The core concern revolves around whether future quantum computers could retroactively deanonymize past transactions, challenging the fundamental privacy guarantees of these assets and sparking discussions on the future of on-chain anonymity.
A debate on X this week exposed a core question for on-chain privacy: when quantum computers are able to break elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC), will they be able to retroactively deanonymize every transaction ever made of privacy coins like Zcash? Nic Carter, co-founder of Coin Metrics and partner at Castle Island Ventures, argued that the answer […]