Quantum Threat Looms: Grayscale Stalls While Naoris Charges Ahead with Post-Quantum Crypto Solutions

The crypto world faces a silent, ticking bomb—quantum computing. While some giants dawdle, others are sprinting to defuse it.

Grayscale Hits the Snooze Button

Institutional heavyweight Grayscale is taking its sweet time. Their timeline for quantum-resistant protocols? Vague at best. It's the kind of bureaucratic delay that makes traders check their portfolios twice—usually right before a dip.

Naoris Goes Full Throttle

Meanwhile, Naoris Protocol isn't waiting around. Their development team is burning midnight oil, accelerating the rollout of a post-quantum security layer. Think of it as a cryptographic force field, designed to keep digital assets safe when quantum computers finally crack today's encryption like a walnut.

Why the Rush?

The threat isn't science fiction. Quantum machines could one day break the cryptographic algorithms that secure Bitcoin, Ethereum, and every major blockchain. It's a 'when,' not an 'if.' The race is on to future-proof billions in digital value before that day arrives.

The Finance Jab

Wall Street's approach to existential tech threats? Form a committee, draft a report, and maybe—just maybe—allocate a budget after the third quarterly review. Crypto moves at a different speed.

The Bottom Line

A seismic shift is coming. The players building now will define the next era of digital finance. Those hitting pause might just find their assets resting on a foundation of sand.

In brief

• Grayscale claims that quantum computers will not threaten bitcoin before 2030, at the earliest.
• The 2026 priority remains institutional adoption, according to Grayscale’s strategic report.
• Current cryptography will need to be adapted to survive the power of future quantum machines.
• Naoris develops a secure post-quantum protocol targeting blockchains and critical global infrastructures.

Bitcoin on hold? Grayscale assures not, at least for now

The quantum threat is approaching in small steps. But in its latest report, “Digital Asset Outlook 2026“, Grayscale is not panicking. The company believes that quantum threats have not yet impacted Bitcoin. According to it, the real market dynamics lie elsewhere: monetary policies, institutional adoption, and regulation.

Here is what Grayscale states:

We believe that research and preparation efforts will continue on post-quantum cryptography, but this topic should not affect valuations over the coming year. 

This position, shared by some analysts, relies on an observation: the technology is not ready yet. To break Bitcoin’s cryptography, a machine with several million logical qubits WOULD be needed. We are far from that.

But while Grayscale reassures, it does not ignore the challenge. It mentions a possible cryptographic transition by the end of the decade. In short, no immediate threat, but a subject to monitor closely.

Crypto and cryptography: the countdown of an invisible shift

The real problem is not to know when the threat will come, but what will happen if it arrives without warning. Because today, most blockchains — Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Polygon — use encryption schemes vulnerable to quantum attacks. And this is not a far-fetched hypothesis: data intercepted today can be decrypted tomorrow.

Grayscale also acknowledges this indirectly in another section of the report:

Digital monetary systems like Bitcoin and Ethereum, which offer transparency, programmability, and ultimately limited supply, will increasingly be demanded, in our opinion, due to the rising risks associated with fiat currencies.

But scarcity does not protect against technical flaws. And in developer forums, the tone is already more serious. The ethereum Foundation is exploring resistant algorithms like STARKs. Other projects mention the PQEC (Post-Quantum Encryption Consortium).

The challenge is migration: changing algorithms without breaking the existing system, without losing funds, without opening a breach. This complexity slows down updates. Result: even large cryptos are advancing cautiously.

Regulators, meanwhile, remain silent. This normative gap could become a global vulnerability. Because while we hesitate, hackers collect data.

Naoris: post-quantum protocol for secure crypto and Web3

Naoris does not want to wait for the storm to come. This post-quantum cybersecurity protocol, designed by David Carvalho, aims to reinvent digital security for Web3. Its idea? Transform every connected device into a decentralized verification node.

The Naoris protocol is based on distributed security consensus. Each node analyzes its environment in real time to detect abnormal behavior. This bio-inspired approach relies on collective intelligence rather than centralization.

The project targets a broad range: blockchains, companies, governments. And it does so with a simple motto: proactive prevention. For Naoris, it is clear that Web3 will not survive with Web2-type cybersecurity.

Its roadmap includes the integration of post-quantum standards, continuous audits, and decentralized governance. Though young, the initiative is already attracting the interest of institutions eager to anticipate upcoming shocks.

4 truths about the upcoming quantum shock

• Bitcoin will need to migrate to post-quantum algorithms before 2030 to remain secure;
• Grayscale does not anticipate any price effect related to quantum in the next two years;
• Ethereum is already experimenting with alternatives like STARKs to prepare;
• Naoris aims to lay the foundation for crypto-native cybersecurity, resistant to quantum attacks.

Vitalik Buterin, creator of Ethereum, sent a strong signal: crypto has until 2028 to become post-quantum. After this date, the collapse of current protections could be costly, very costly. Those who do not anticipate will have much to lose, and little time to react.

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