Quantum Computing Threat to Bitcoin Security Remains Theoretical

The potential of quantum computing to influence the security of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, is significant. Bitcoin's protocol employs ECDSA for transaction protection, but a quantum computer with enough power could, in theory, crack this using Shor's algorithm, which can efficiently factor large numbers and solve discrete logarithm problems. Currently, quantum computers haven't reached this level of capability to directly break Bitcoin's protocol. Moreover, the Bitcoin community is proactively exploring alternative algorithms resistant to quantum attacks. Therefore, although quantum computing poses a theoretical threat, it does not pose an immediate danger to Bitcoin's protocol at this time.