Why Saylor Is Wrong About the Quantum Threat | Alex Pruden

About this episode

Alex Pruden discusses the quantum threat to blockchain technology and critiques Saylor's response.

Alex Pruden joins The Rollup to break down the quantum threat to every major blockchain, why Saylor's "just hard fork it" answer is not enough, and why Ethereum may actually be better positioned than Bitcoin Alex Pruden is the CEO and co-founder of Project Eleven, the leading company building post-quantum cryptography solutions for digital asset networks. The Rollup is where the leaders of digital assets and finance converge. Live from the financial capital of the world. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:23 State of Quantum Today 02:46 How Critical Is the Threat? 04:07 Saylor's Hard Fork Response 06:21 Proof of Work vs. Proof of Stake 07:18 Building Quantum Resistant Chains 10:00 Full Lift & Shift Explained 13:25 AI & Quantum Combined Risk 15:49 How Your UX Changes Post-Quantum 17:44 Is Zcash Quantum Resistant? 18:05 Is Algorand the Leader? 19:40 Quantum Resistant Layer Ones 21:34 Will Q-Day Actually Happen? 23:32 The Most Bullish Case for Digital Assets 25:55 Bitcoin vs. Broader Internet Risk 28:34 What If Satoshi Gets Hacked? 32:03 Saylor's STRK Product Explained 35:37 ETH vs. BTC Quantum Race 38:05 Project Eleven Roadmap Website: https://therollup.co/ Spotify…

People in this episode

Hosts: Robbie, Andy

Guest: Alex Pruden

Topics covered

• quantum threat
• blockchain security
• post-quantum cryptography
• Ethereum vs Bitcoin
• digital assets
• cryptocurrency

Keywords

• quantum threat
• blockchain
• post-quantum cryptography
• Ethereum
• Bitcoin
• Zcash
• Algorand
• digital assets

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Project Eleven, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Zcash, Algorand

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