[Right_Wing_Madman]

Once you factor in a future with quantum computers, it is possible that no BTC will ever be lost

We assume a future with quantum computing, but 2023 and 2024 were rough years for q-bits. It could be a dead-end technology. Like cold fusion, quantum computing is technically possible at a miniature level, but it has a scalability problem, with no practical solution in sight. As long as physicists continue to receive money for this project, they'll be happy to continue to fail.

Bitcoin is safe for now.

[zeestephen]

Re: "Bitcoin is safe for now."

I disagree.

The value of individual BTCs is now so high - almost $90,000 as I write this - that speculative criminal investments in computer software and hardware become more likely every year.

A crude $1 million quantum computer with only one function - searching for BTC - can break even after finding just 11 Coins.