# Jameson Lopp Puts the Question Bitcoin Has Avoided in Writing: Freeze Quantum-Vulnerable Coins, or Let Them Be Taken

The essay treats the choice as a social decision about property rights rather than a cryptographic problem, because either answer breaks a rule the network has held since it began.

- Published: 2026-09-17T05:45:36.942Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-09-17/jameson-lopp-puts-the-question-bitcoin-has-avoided-in-writin
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Bitcoin Magazine](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/print/the-quantum-issue-to-freeze-coins-or-not), [Hacker News](https://ryan.science/blog/keys-not-included)

Jameson Lopp, a long-standing Bitcoin engineer and security researcher, published an essay in Bitcoin Magazine's Quantum Issue arguing that quantum computing will force the network to confront contentious social decisions it has so far defe…

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