[bitcoindev] What if we let Quantum Hunters get Bitcoin rewards ?

[bitcoindev] What if we let Quantum Hunters get Bitcoin rewards ?

[Amon BAZONGO]

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Hi all,

I'd like to share a draft Informational BIP as an alternative framework to 
BIP-361's proposed coin freeze.

The core argument: rather than suspending Bitcoin's neutrality to prevent 
quantum theft, we can structure the inevitable quantum capture of exposed 
coins as a self-financing prize mechanism — the largest open technological 
prize in history.

The proposal introduces three components:

- Genesis Quantum Transaction (GQT): recognition of a successful spend from 
a quantum-exposed address
- Quantum Vault (QV): automatically receives 90% of captured funds, 
distributes periodically to proven quantum actors synchronized with the 
halving cycle
- Quantum Proof Address (QPA): the on-chain identity of any actor who 
demonstrates quantum capture capability, forming a public, unfalsifiable 
register of global quantum capabilities

The capturing actor receives 10% immediately as a First Reward, with 
ongoing distributions from the Vault — creating long-term alignment with 
ecosystem stability rather than incentivizing immediate liquidation.

Draft: 
https://github.com/amonmoce/Hunting-The-Bitcoin-One-Piece/blob/master/bip-hunting-the-bitcoin-one-piece.md

Looking forward to technical and philosophical feedback.

Best,
Amon

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Re: [bitcoindev] What if we let Quantum Hunters get Bitcoin rewards ?

[Nikita Karetnikov]

Amon,

Why would anyone participate in this instead of just stealing the funds?
Also, this seems to be AI-written. 

Thanks,
Nikita

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Re: [bitcoindev] What if we let Quantum Hunters get Bitcoin rewards ?

[Amon BAZONGO]

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Nikita,

Happy to read you.

First, with what I propose you cannot "steal the funds". If you have
quantum capture capability, you will receive 10% of the amount as a reward
and the rest goes to a fund for a periodic distribution.

And yes, I lay out my ideas with AI assistance. I hope it's not forbidden.

Thanks,
Amon


On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 4:07 PM Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
wrote:

> Amon,
>
> Why would anyone participate in this instead of just stealing the funds?
> Also, this seems to be AI-written.
>
> Thanks,
> Nikita
>
>

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Re: [bitcoindev] What if we let Quantum Hunters get Bitcoin rewards ?

[RB GAMING]

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Hi Amon,

I read your BIP draft, and personally I like the “One Piece” concept more
than freezing Bitcoin because of quantum theft risks. The idea is creative,
and theoretically it makes sense.

However, from a practical perspective, I am still concerned about the ~6.7M
BTC that could become quantum-exposed. The main issue is that we cannot
accurately predict how fast quantum computing will evolve in the future. If
quantum capabilities become much stronger than expected, the reward
mechanism could create massive incentives for attackers and potentially
harm Bitcoin’s long-term stability and value.

I do not think the idea is bad at all in fact, it is one of the more
interesting approaches to this problem. I just feel the risks may currently
be higher than we expect, which is why freezing vulnerable coins seems like
the safer option for now.

Of course, this is only my personal point of view. I may be missing some
cases or thinking differently from your perspective, so please do not take
my comments the wrong way. I appreciate the effort and creativity behind
the proposal, and maybe with further refinement the idea could become even
stronger.

Best regards,
Ronak

On Thu, 7 May, 2026, 9:19 pm Amon BAZONGO, <amonmoce@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to share a draft Informational BIP as an alternative framework to
> BIP-361's proposed coin freeze.
>
> The core argument: rather than suspending Bitcoin's neutrality to prevent
> quantum theft, we can structure the inevitable quantum capture of exposed
> coins as a self-financing prize mechanism — the largest open technological
> prize in history.
>
> The proposal introduces three components:
>
> - Genesis Quantum Transaction (GQT): recognition of a successful spend
> from a quantum-exposed address
> - Quantum Vault (QV): automatically receives 90% of captured funds,
> distributes periodically to proven quantum actors synchronized with the
> halving cycle
> - Quantum Proof Address (QPA): the on-chain identity of any actor who
> demonstrates quantum capture capability, forming a public, unfalsifiable
> register of global quantum capabilities
>
> The capturing actor receives 10% immediately as a First Reward, with
> ongoing distributions from the Vault — creating long-term alignment with
> ecosystem stability rather than incentivizing immediate liquidation.
>
> Draft:
> https://github.com/amonmoce/Hunting-The-Bitcoin-One-Piece/blob/master/bip-hunting-the-bitcoin-one-piece.md
>
> Looking forward to technical and philosophical feedback.
>
> Best,
> Amon
>
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Re: [bitcoindev] What if we let Quantum Hunters get Bitcoin rewards ?

[Amon BAZONGO]

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Hello Ronak and all,

Thanks for the feedback. You are right to be concerned.

Let me add some more lights:
1. First, we suppose BIP-360 is a prerequisite to my proposal. Which means
that all new addresses would be quantum-resistant. Each old-address holder
is responsible to migrate to a new quantum-resistant address.
2. So when a hunter (I prefer this term instead of attacker),
proves quantum capability from a monitored address, vulnerable because it
didn't migrate to a new quantum-resistant address, the transaction can be
redirected to mechanism that splits the transaction in two: 10% to the
winning hunter and 90% to a fund that will distribute the rest following
the bitcoin halving cycle.
3. So in practice, each vulnerable UTXO is a "bitcoin one piece"
opportunity. So we might not even have the same hunter for all the ~6.7M
BTC.

So it diffuses the risks, so we do not break bitcoin's core principles, and
we still allow hunters to deserve their reward the same way miners deserve
their reward.

I don't know if it adds some elements that can help clarify the idea.

Thanks for reading,
Amon



On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 8:32 PM RB GAMING <ronakbharadiya180@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Amon,
>
> I read your BIP draft, and personally I like the “One Piece” concept more
> than freezing Bitcoin because of quantum theft risks. The idea is creative,
> and theoretically it makes sense.
>
> However, from a practical perspective, I am still concerned about the
> ~6.7M BTC that could become quantum-exposed. The main issue is that we
> cannot accurately predict how fast quantum computing will evolve in the
> future. If quantum capabilities become much stronger than expected, the
> reward mechanism could create massive incentives for attackers and
> potentially harm Bitcoin’s long-term stability and value.
>
> I do not think the idea is bad at all in fact, it is one of the more
> interesting approaches to this problem. I just feel the risks may currently
> be higher than we expect, which is why freezing vulnerable coins seems like
> the safer option for now.
>
> Of course, this is only my personal point of view. I may be missing some
> cases or thinking differently from your perspective, so please do not take
> my comments the wrong way. I appreciate the effort and creativity behind
> the proposal, and maybe with further refinement the idea could become even
> stronger.
>
> Best regards,
> Ronak
>
> On Thu, 7 May, 2026, 9:19 pm Amon BAZONGO, <amonmoce@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'd like to share a draft Informational BIP as an alternative framework
>> to BIP-361's proposed coin freeze.
>>
>> The core argument: rather than suspending Bitcoin's neutrality to prevent
>> quantum theft, we can structure the inevitable quantum capture of exposed
>> coins as a self-financing prize mechanism — the largest open technological
>> prize in history.
>>
>> The proposal introduces three components:
>>
>> - Genesis Quantum Transaction (GQT): recognition of a successful spend
>> from a quantum-exposed address
>> - Quantum Vault (QV): automatically receives 90% of captured funds,
>> distributes periodically to proven quantum actors synchronized with the
>> halving cycle
>> - Quantum Proof Address (QPA): the on-chain identity of any actor who
>> demonstrates quantum capture capability, forming a public, unfalsifiable
>> register of global quantum capabilities
>>
>> The capturing actor receives 10% immediately as a First Reward, with
>> ongoing distributions from the Vault — creating long-term alignment with
>> ecosystem stability rather than incentivizing immediate liquidation.
>>
>> Draft:
>> https://github.com/amonmoce/Hunting-The-Bitcoin-One-Piece/blob/master/bip-hunting-the-bitcoin-one-piece.md
>>
>> Looking forward to technical and philosophical feedback.
>>
>> Best,
>> Amon
>>
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>>
>

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Re: [bitcoindev] What if we let Quantum Hunters get Bitcoin rewards ?

[Murch]

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Hello Amon,

Your document’s formatting is broken, because you use MediaWiki syntax 
in a Markdown file.

IMHO, any proposal that calls for Bitcoin to issue a substantial quantum 
bounty should make the case why this would be in the interest of the 
Bitcoin ecosystem. Your proposal treats this as obvious, but it’s not 
clear to me why the Bitcoin ecosystem should involve itself in this 
manner in Quantum research.

-Murch

On 2026-05-07 08:37, Amon BAZONGO wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to share a draft Informational BIP as an alternative 
> framework to BIP-361's proposed coin freeze.
>
> The core argument: rather than suspending Bitcoin's neutrality to 
> prevent quantum theft, we can structure the inevitable quantum capture 
> of exposed coins as a self-financing prize mechanism — the largest 
> open technological prize in history.
>
> The proposal introduces three components:
>
> - Genesis Quantum Transaction (GQT): recognition of a successful spend 
> from a quantum-exposed address
> - Quantum Vault (QV): automatically receives 90% of captured funds, 
> distributes periodically to proven quantum actors synchronized with 
> the halving cycle
> - Quantum Proof Address (QPA): the on-chain identity of any actor who 
> demonstrates quantum capture capability, forming a public, 
> unfalsifiable register of global quantum capabilities
>
> The capturing actor receives 10% immediately as a First Reward, with 
> ongoing distributions from the Vault — creating long-term alignment 
> with ecosystem stability rather than incentivizing immediate liquidation.
>
> Draft: 
> https://github.com/amonmoce/Hunting-The-Bitcoin-One-Piece/blob/master/bip-hunting-the-bitcoin-one-piece.md
>
> Looking forward to technical and philosophical feedback.
>
> Best,
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Re: [bitcoindev] What if we let Quantum Hunters get Bitcoin rewards ?

[Amon BAZONGO]

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Hello Murch,

Thanks for the feedback.

I will remove the mediawiki syntax and keep it simple ... thanks for
pointing that out.

You are right that it must be clearer, but let me add more clarity here:

1. The Bitcoin ecosystem is already pretty much concerned about Quantum.
That is a fact regarding the number of quantum-related BIP
2. Now, the ecosystem has no incentive to actively participate in Quantum
research. But the obvious part is no matter what the ecosystem does, some
entity will be able to put in place a quantum computer somewhere in the
world. And when that happens, millions of BTC might be accessible by this
or those entities. That's why BIP-361 has been issued to address this
issue. So the Quantum research advancement will (is already) clearly impact
the Bitcoin ecosystem
3. BIP-361 proposes to freeze all unsafe Bitcoin, which means that those
will be lost for real this time. What I propose is to find a way to recover
those Bitcoin, to keep the 21 millions BTC intact and keep Bitcoin free of
freeze. I am against freezing because if we freeze once, we might freeze a
second time for some other reason we don't know yet.
4. That's why I propose to offer the unsafe Bitcoin as a bounty, in this
way, the ecosystem will proove its utility in another way which is funding
technological progress.

I hope that adds clarity to the idea.


Best,
Amon


On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 12:40 PM Murch <murch@murch.one> wrote:

> Hello Amon,
>
> Your document’s formatting is broken, because you use MediaWiki syntax
> in a Markdown file.
>
> IMHO, any proposal that calls for Bitcoin to issue a substantial quantum
> bounty should make the case why this would be in the interest of the
> Bitcoin ecosystem. Your proposal treats this as obvious, but it’s not
> clear to me why the Bitcoin ecosystem should involve itself in this
> manner in Quantum research.
>
> -Murch
>
> On 2026-05-07 08:37, Amon BAZONGO wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'd like to share a draft Informational BIP as an alternative
> > framework to BIP-361's proposed coin freeze.
> >
> > The core argument: rather than suspending Bitcoin's neutrality to
> > prevent quantum theft, we can structure the inevitable quantum capture
> > of exposed coins as a self-financing prize mechanism — the largest
> > open technological prize in history.
> >
> > The proposal introduces three components:
> >
> > - Genesis Quantum Transaction (GQT): recognition of a successful spend
> > from a quantum-exposed address
> > - Quantum Vault (QV): automatically receives 90% of captured funds,
> > distributes periodically to proven quantum actors synchronized with
> > the halving cycle
> > - Quantum Proof Address (QPA): the on-chain identity of any actor who
> > demonstrates quantum capture capability, forming a public,
> > unfalsifiable register of global quantum capabilities
> >
> > The capturing actor receives 10% immediately as a First Reward, with
> > ongoing distributions from the Vault — creating long-term alignment
> > with ecosystem stability rather than incentivizing immediate liquidation.
> >
> > Draft:
> >
> https://github.com/amonmoce/Hunting-The-Bitcoin-One-Piece/blob/master/bip-hunting-the-bitcoin-one-piece.md
> >
> > Looking forward to technical and philosophical feedback.
> >
> > Best,
> > Amon --
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