Quantum fears already limiting Bitcoin's growth, Stacks founder says

What happened

Stacks founder Muneeb Ali said on Cointelegraph's Chain Reaction podcast that quantum fears are already capping Bitcoin's growth, and he warned the network needs a credible security upgrade roadmap to restore investor confidence.

Confirmed

Global impact / market context

If risk-averse institutional investors hold back large Bitcoin purchases until a quantum-resistant path is clear, demand and price growth could stay limited, which affects holders and companies exposed to Bitcoin.

Analyst inference

Bitcoin's long-term security planning now sits alongside adoption as an investment question. Ali said upgrades take years and users need extra time to move holdings to new addresses, so delays could push investors to wait.

Analyst inference

What to watch

1. Ali pointed to 2030 as a target for moving to quantum-resistant security, citing guidance from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology, known as NIST. Confirmed
2. He argued that developers should establish a credible roadmap toward quantum-resistant security, which means protection against attacks from future quantum computers, to restore investor confidence. Proposed
3. Watch whether developers make meaningful progress by 2028, since Ali warned Bitcoin could enter a riskier period if they do not, with upgrade time and address migration adding delay. Analyst inference

Affected assets

• BTC — Bitcoin

Evidence

• cointelegraph.com