- Michael Saylor does not describe quantum computers as an acute threat to Bitcoin, but as a long-term issue.
- He expects that a credible quantum threat would affect the entire digital infrastructure and would therefore be identified early before Bitcoin would have to adapt.
Michael Saylor summarizes the concern about quantum computers as an acute threat to Bitcoin Interview of February 23 rejected. The strategy boss does not dismiss the topic, but clearly classifies it as a long-term security question.
Why quantum computers are not an acute threat to Bitcoin
Saylor began with a clear timeline:
“First, the broad consensus in cybersecurity is that a quantum risk – if it exists at all – is more than a decade away. That is not an issue of this decade. Whether there will be a quantum threat at all is a question that remains open. But there is certainly no consensus that there is a threat now or that a threat will materialize in the near term.”
In doing so, he contradicts the thesis of an imminent danger to Bitcoin and moves the issue into the area of long-term precaution. So he’s not saying that quantum computing is irrelevant. His point is different: the current debate seems more alarmist than the current state of technology warrants.
In essence, Saylor argues that a true quantum breakthrough affects not just Bitcoin, but the entire digital infrastructure.
“If quantum risk arises, then we will see an upgrade in the software that runs the global banking system, the global internet, consumer devices, all crypto networks, the Bitcoin network, everything digital and also AI networks. That will not be a surprise. We will see it coming.”
He adds that Bitcoin software is constantly being developed anyway:
“The Bitcoin software is changing. We are currently discussing an upgrade from version 29 to version 30. If you have 30 versions of Bitcoin Core on an asset that is 17 years old, then you can calculate at what pace such systems evolve.”
He also points out that states, banks and tech companies face the same problem:
“Whether Google or Microsoft or Apple or Coinbase or BlackRock or Strategy or the US government or the EU or China or JP Morgan — they all have to deal with the same question. We all have digital systems that would be affected by a credible quantum threat.”
He even sees the crypto industry in a relatively good starting position:
“I think the crypto security community will be the first to recognize the threat and the first to respond. The security protocols used to move crypto are already extremely sophisticated.”
Saylor became particularly clear about the alarmism of some experts and analysts:
“I don’t think the quantum narrative is the biggest security threat to Bitcoin right now. People have been joking about it and discussing it every few years for 15 years. I would say: We’re talking about quantum now because all the other risks haven’t materialized.”
At the end he uses a deliberately simple formula: “At the end of the day: Don’t panic. Many things will happen in the future. Humanity will react to these things.”
For Saylor, quantum technology is a real topic of the future, but not a reason for acute alarm. As CNF reported, Saylor nevertheless announced a quantum computing initiative a few weeks ago to promote research and consensus.
In our brand new sit-down, I handed @saylor every anti-Bitcoin argument the internet has and he responded to ALL of them.
I dare any Bitcoin critic to watch this interview and not reconsider at least one of their arguments.
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(@natbrunell) February 23, 2026
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