21Shares have published a new report examining what the quantum threat actually looks like for digital assets, including the timeline, the potential exposure, the prep required, and what this all might mean for asset allocators.
The exposure is larger than most appreciate. Between 4 million and 6.9 million bitcoin have permanently visible account numbers, aka public addresses and public keys, making them vulnerable to a quantum attack. Nearly every active Ethereum account and every Solana account face the same structural exposure.
The timeline shifted in March. On March 31, Google’s quantum team, alongside researchers from the Ethereum Foundation and Stanford, published findings showing the computing power needed to break this encryption is around 20x lower than the field previously believed.
You can’t prepare adequately for a quantum break if you determine that one is six months or a year ahead. You have to act before there’s a real perceived risk – but by definition that means sounding the alarm ’too early’.
The good news is that network preparation is further along than most investors realize. Bitcoin took its first step in Feb 2026 with the merger of BIP-360, a quantum-resistant address proposal. Ethereum has working code and ten independent teams building toward network migration. Solana has a path most observers have missed entirely.
The window is narrowing, but it hasn’t closed. Download full report
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Jakob
30 december, 2021 vid 18:02
Varför går den inte att köpa på nordea längre?
ETFmarknaden
30 december, 2021 vid 18:44
Hej,
Jag vet faktiskt inte, men vi har kontaktat Norden-ansvarig på SDPR om denna, och hoppas att vi får ett svar. Alla banker och kommissionärer har till sist och syvende rätten att välja vilka börshandlade fonder de vill erbjuda.
ETFmarknaden
12 januari, 2022 vid 18:57
Hej,
Vi fick precis detta svar, jag hoppas att det underlättar saker för Dig
I just spoke to the customer support helpdesk of Nordea in Sweden, and they indicated the product is live in their system under the Product Code SPPW, isin IE00BFY0GT14, and full name SPDR MSCI World UCITS ETF.
They checked and the buy button was green, so the client should be able to purchase this ETF.
If he continues to experience issues, he could contact the helpdesk at + 46 771 216 216. However, it does not seem to be related to our product.
I hope the issue is resolved for your contact.
Let us know if there is anything else we can do.
Regards,