Bigger Blocks or STARK Proofs? Bitcoin’s Quantum Dilemma
The post Bigger Blocks or STARK Proofs? Bitcoin’s Quantum Dilemma appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. ZK STARKs are the best way to deal with the issues created with making Bitcoin quantum-safe — and to reach mass adoption at the same time — says StarkWare co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson. What’s more, he claims Blockstream founder Adam Back agrees. Ben-Sasson has been in the news this week for his controversial suggestion on X to increase Bitcoin inflation to 4% annually. Grok’s analysis of the replies found “zero clear support for the proposal.” But as the co-inventor of STARKs — quantum-secure, hash-based zero-knowledge proofs — he’s on much firmer ground, with some leading Bitcoin researchers supporting the concept. Ben-Sasson’s own project Starknet last week announced its own three phase project to become quantum secure. The problem of large PQ signatures on Bitcoin Adding zero-knowledge proofs to Bitcoin does not make the blockchain quantum secure by itself. ZK proofs are a way to deal