# Cardano's Hoskinson Says Bitcoin Could Lose Its Lead If Governance Fails a Quantum Test

He argues Bitcoin's rigid decision-making, not the cryptography alone, is the vulnerability, citing that more than 34% of the supply has exposed a public key.

- Published: 2026-07-27T05:22:39.277Z
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- Sources: [crypto.news](https://crypto.news/cardano-founder-says-quantum-threat-could-dethrone-bitcoin/), [The Block](https://www.theblock.co/post/409627/cardano-co-founder-hoskinson-bitcoin-lose-top-spot-governance-fails-quantum-test)

Charles Hoskinson, co-founder of the Cardano blockchain and of the smart-contract platform Ethereum, said Bitcoin could eventually lose its dominant position if its governance fails to respond to the threat from quantum computing. He made t…

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