Bitcoin Quantum Threat Accelerates!🚨Charles Hoskinson INTERVIEW🔥Cardano + Midnight

Bitcoin Quantum Threat Accelerates!🚨Charles Hoskinson INTERVIEW🔥Cardano + Midnight

From The Paul Barron Crypto Show by Paul Barron Network

April 27, 2026 · 41 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the potential threat of quantum computing to Bitcoin's encryption, featuring an interview with Charles Hoskinson.

A Google Research blog post warns that future Quantum Computers (CRQCs) could break Bitcoin's encryption, with updated estimates suggesting under 500,000 physical qubits could steal funds during transaction confirmations (roughly 9 minutes). Guest: Charles Hoskinson - CEO & Founder of Input Output Follow Charles on X ➜ https://x.com/IOHK_Charles 00:00 Intro 00:10 Google scares everyone 00:40 Justin Drake: 2032 roadmap needs to accelerate 01:45 We took down Youtube video too 02:00 How real is quantum threat? 05:15 What blockchains are leading? 07:00 Thoughts on eCash Hard Fork? 09:40 Probability of Hard Fork? 11:30 Midnight/Cardano saving Bitcoin? 13:40 Enabling “Accredited Investor” rules? 16:40 Canton vs Midnight 19:40 Why not list Monument on RWA website? 22:40 CLARITY Act odds: new red line? 27:00 CLARITY Act endorse w/o reading it? 30:00 Lazarus vs Quantum 30:20 BTC Soft fork? 30:45 Microstrategy Conspiracy 31:00 KelpDAO vs Bridge sentiment 31:40 Banks response to CLARITY 32:15 XRP token utility 22:45 Canton grift keeps giving? 34:00 Proof-of-Stake vs Proof of Work 35:00 Polymarket vs X 35:30 USDCx Bridge Trustable? 36:45 $SNEK on Solana & ETH? 37:20 Tokenized stocks…

People in this episode

Host: Paul Barron

Guest: Charles Hoskinson

Topics covered

  • quantum computing
  • Bitcoin security
  • blockchain technology
  • Cardano
  • cryptocurrency
  • financial regulations

Keywords

  • quantum threat
  • Bitcoin
  • Cardano
  • Charles Hoskinson
  • cryptocurrency
  • blockchain
  • eCash
  • CLARITY Act

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Input Output, Google, Microstrategy, KelpDAO, Canton, Midnight, Cardano, XRP

Products: $SNEK, USDCx

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