JUST IN: Any Lightning wallet can be stolen by a quantum computer.


The Lightning Network public key is exposed to third parties, making it vulnerable to sufficiently powerful quantum computers.
BIP 360, the most discussed anti-quantum proposal, does not solve the Lightning problem.
The Lightning Network has structural issues related to quantum computers that cannot be fixed with user best practices, warn developers and researcher Udi Wertheimer.
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