#encrypted transaction data

The post Zerotier CEO: Crypto’s Real Quantum Risk Is Data in Transit, Not Wallet Keys appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Key Takeaways Zerotier’s Andrew Gault says harvested network data is crypto’s top quantum risk. Ethereum has begun a coordinated post-quantum migration in 2026, while Bitcoin has not. Some estimates put a quantum computer able to break Bitcoin’s encryption as early as 2027. The Risk Is in the Data Already Moving The crypto industry’s focus on quantum-proofing wallets may be aimed at the wrong target, according to Andrew Gault, chief executive of networking firm Zerotier. He argues that the most pressing danger is not stored keys but the information flowing between institutions in real time, further adding: “The financial system’s most dangerous vulnerability isn’t stored data, it’s the data moving between institutions right now. Every interbank message, every payment authentication record, and every digital signature traveling across a network today is being collec

The greatest quantum danger to crypto is not a future computer cracking wallet keys but the encrypted transaction data that adversaries are quietly harvesting today, Zerotier CEO Andrew Gault warned. The Risk Is in the Data Already Moving The crypto industry’s focus on quantum-proofing wallets may be aimed at the wrong target, according to Andrew […]