Bitcoin plans to introduce a quantum-safe solution to provide a "rescue after freezing" path for old addresses.

PANews reported on May 2nd that, according to CoinDesk, Paradigm partner Dan Robinson proposed a new scheme called "Provable Address-Control Timestamps" (PACTs), aiming to reserve a quantum-safe rescue channel for early Bitcoin addresses before the advent of quantum computers. This scheme allows coin holders to use BIP-322 to generate a signature proving their current control of an address, and then privately stamp it on-chain using OpenTimestamps with a random salt, without moving the assets. If Bitcoin freezes quantum-vulnerable old addresses through a soft fork in the future, the network can accept zero-knowledge proofs submitted by coin holders after introducing quantum-resistant STARK verification, verifying that they controlled the address before the quantum era, thereby releasing the frozen assets. This scheme also provides a supplementary rescue path for BIP-32 wallets not covered by BIP-361, but only if the address holder actively creates a commitment before a quantum attack or community freeze.

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