{"id":27379,"date":"2026-05-03T10:20:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T10:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/bitcoin-community-backs-leaving-satoshis-coins-untouched\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T10:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T10:20:20","slug":"bitcoin-community-backs-leaving-satoshis-coins-untouched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/bitcoin-community-backs-leaving-satoshis-coins-untouched\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin community backs leaving Satoshi\u2019s coins untouched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p><strong>Bitcoin developers and crypto advocates are again debating how the network should handle Satoshi Nakamoto\u2019s early Bitcoin holdings.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_8910713850c2000d738332e2d4e2b527\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bitcoin advocates argue touching Satoshi\u2019s coins could weaken the network\u2019s core ownership promise for holders.<\/li>\n<li>Quantum risks have revived debate over early Bitcoin wallets and cryptographic security planning across markets.<\/li>\n<li>Developers support post-quantum research while rejecting forced action against dormant Satoshi-linked coins across Bitcoin network.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>The discussion has grown as quantum computing concerns raise questions about old Bitcoin addresses and future security.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Thorn, head of firmwide research at Galaxy Digital, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intangiblecoins\/status\/2050589931462877195?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a> many Bitcoin developers and advocates agree that Satoshi\u2019s original coins should remain untouched. He said he discussed quantum risks and Bitcoin security with several market participants in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>Thorn said the main concern is not only technical security. It is also about Bitcoin\u2019s rule of ownership. He stated, \u201cSatoshi\u2019s coins should not be touched.\u201d He added that violating those property rights could damage Bitcoin\u2019s main value as a neutral money network.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quantum risk renews debate over old wallets<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The debate focuses on early Pay-to-Public-Key Bitcoin addresses. These addresses used an older structure and may become more exposed if powerful quantum computers can break current cryptography in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Some users fear that Satoshi\u2019s coins could become a large target. Thorn described the risk as lower than many people assume. He noted that Satoshi\u2019s estimated coins sit across about 22,000 addresses, with many holding 50 BTC each. That structure would make a broad attack harder to execute.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, a major concern is what would happen if Satoshi\u2019s coins moved or were stolen. Such an event would likely create panic, since those coins have remained untouched since Bitcoin\u2019s earliest years.<\/p>\n<p>Thorn argued that the Bitcoin market has already handled very large sell-offs in the past. He suggested that many Bitcoiners may accept even a deep drawdown rather than approve any forced action against Satoshi-linked wallets. He said, \u201cSuffer a 50% drawdown\u201d may be an acceptable trade-off for keeping Bitcoin\u2019s property rights intact.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Developers still watch quantum threat<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The support for leaving Satoshi\u2019s coins alone does not mean the community is ignoring quantum computing. Developers continue to study post-quantum tools that may help protect Bitcoin users if the risk becomes more practical.<\/p>\n<p>Active users, companies, exchanges, and custodians can also move funds to newer address types when needed. This makes large live wallets easier to protect than dormant coins whose owners may never return.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin developers and crypto advocates are again debating how the network should handle Satoshi Nakamoto\u2019s early Bitcoin holdings.\u00a0 Summary Bitcoin advocates argue touching Satoshi\u2019s coins could weaken the network\u2019s core&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27380,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27379\/revisions\/27380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}