{"podcast":{"title":"Bankless","slug":"bankless-357756","podcast_index_feed_id":357756,"rss_url":"https://feeds.flightcast.com/p83fuj0y0u58o82l41xei7zo.xml","website_url":"http://podcast.banklesshq.com/","image_url":"https://assets.flightcast.com/workspaces/vzyepv1wunc8uo4au6e1tld4/podcasts/p83fuj0y0u58o82l41xei7zo/qytiwwt972ormowswu9ysv65.png","author":"Bankless","episode_count":1287,"summary":"The Ultimate Guide to Crypto Finance. DeFi, NFTs, and cryptocurrencies. Level up. Go bankless.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bankless-357756"},"episode":{"title":"Bitcoin Has 3 Years to Survive | Nic Carter on Bitcoin’s Quantum Vulnerability","slug":"bitcoin-has-3-years-to-survive-nic-carter-on-bitcoin-s-quantum-vulnerability","published_at":"2026-04-06T10:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bankless-357756/bitcoin-has-3-years-to-survive-nic-carter-on-bitcoin-s-quantum-vulnerability","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bankless-357756","url":"https://episode.flightcast.com/01KNGZ8751DCBDMQ98WK5P84T5.mp3","audio_url":"https://episode.flightcast.com/01KNGZ8751DCBDMQ98WK5P84T5.mp3","summary":"What if Bitcoin’s biggest strength becomes its fatal weakness? Nic Carter joins Bankless to unpack why the latest quantum papers changed the threat model, why a 2029 migration window could leave Bitcoin dangerously behind, what a real post-quantum transition would require, and why the fight over Satoshi’s dormant coins may become the most explosive governance battle in Bitcoin history. --- 🎬 DEBRIEF | RYAN & DAVID UNPACKING THE EPISODE https://www.bankless.com/podcast/debrief-bitcoin-has-3-years-to-survive-nic-carter --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔮POLYMARKET | #1 PREDICTION MARKET https://bankless.cc/polymarket-podcast 🪐GALAXYONE | SOLANA STAKING https://bankless.cc/GalaxyOne 🦊 METAMASK | DOWNLOAD NOW https://go.metamask.io/BL-Pod-Download 🏅BITGET TRADFI | TRADE GOLD WITH USDT https://bankless.cc/bitget 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless 🐇MEGAETH | 1ST REAL-TIME BLOCKCHAIN https://bankless.cc/megaeth --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Nic Carter’s Stark Warning 3:55 Bitcoin’s Status Quo Problem 9:36 The New Quantum Papers 12:07 When Breakthroughs Go Dark 16:28 “We will not get significant prior notice” 21:24 The 9-Minute Attack 31:33 Why 2029 suddenly matters 34:24 Post-Quantum Tradeoffs 46:03 Why Bitcoin Isn’t Reacting 52:21 The Satoshi coin problem 1:02:54 Nic’s salvage-law alternative 1:10:13 Why Ethereum looks more prepared 1:12:25 Does Bitcoin Survive? --- RESOURCES Nic Carter https://x.com/nic_carter Nic’s takeaways from quantum papers https://murmurationstwo.substack.com/p/my-takeaways-from-googles-and-oratomics --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures","meta_description":"What if Bitcoin’s biggest strength becomes its fatal weakness? Nic Carter joins Bankless to unpack why the latest quantum papers changed the threat model,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4410,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bankless-357756/episodes/bitcoin-has-3-years-to-survive-nic-carter-on-bitcoin-s-quantum-vulnerability/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bankless-357756/bitcoin-has-3-years-to-survive-nic-carter-on-bitcoin-s-quantum-vulnerability.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}