A Quantum Fork is Coming to Bitcoin | Alex Pruden & Philip Martin

A Quantum Fork is Coming to Bitcoin | Alex Pruden & Philip Martin

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April 27, 2026 · 1h 5m

About this episode

Alex Pruden and Philip Martin discuss the quantum threat to Bitcoin and its implications.

This week, Alex Pruden & Philip Martin join the show to discuss Bitcoin's rising quantum threat. We deep dive into what is the risk from quantum, what to do with Satoshi's coins, will we see a Bitcoin fork, how does DeFi mitigate hacks, how to protect your privacy and more. Enjoy! -- Follow Alex: https://x.com/apruden08 Follow Philip: https://x.com/SecurityGuyPhil Follow Santi: https://x.com/santiagoroel Follow Jason: https://x.com/JasonYanowitz Follow Empire: https://x.com/theempirepod -- This episode is brought to you by Fidelity Crypto. Learn more at https://Fidelity.com/crypto Fidelity Crypto was built in-house with over a dozen years of crypto experience. So you can trade crypto and stocks in one place at Fidelity, backed by industry-leading security. Fidelity Crypto. We're here to help you feel good about investing in crypto. Crypto is offered by Fidelity Digital Assets, NA, is not insured by FDIC or SIPC and includes risk of complete loss. Securities offered by Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC. Member NYSE, SIPC. -- ZKsync is the Bank Stack of Ethereum. It is a network of chains secured by cryptography, not validators. Its cutting-edge ZK innovation enables the privacy…

People in this episode

Host: Jason Yanowitz

Guests: Alex Pruden, Philip Martin

Topics covered

  • quantum computing
  • Bitcoin
  • cryptocurrency
  • DeFi
  • privacy
  • hacks

Keywords

  • quantum threat
  • Bitcoin fork
  • Satoshi's coins
  • DeFi
  • privacy
  • crypto security

Sponsors

Fidelity Crypto

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Organizations: ZKsync

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