John Lilic - Is Your Crypto Safe? Quantum Computing Could Shatter Blockchain Security

John Lilic, an Ethereum pioneer and former Consensus core member, explains how quantum computing could threaten Bitcoin and Ethereum keys, and why post-quantum security matters to investors.
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Chapters
4:05 Brian introduces John Lilic
5:08 Free speech and standing firm in 2020
10:06 Quantum hopefulness: what the risk really is
14:02 Bitcoin, stablecoins and why networks are intertwined
16:25 A quantum chaos scenario and market panic
25:15 Stablecoins, DeFi yield and institutional demand
28:12 Quantum roadmaps and the 2030 timeline
39:44 Answering the sceptics: DARPA, NIST and post-quantum standards
45:51 Why Lilic now invests in post-quantum
49:09 Quantum money and the no-cloning theorem
54:36 Sovereign wealth funds, militaries and Q-Day
1:03:09 From Chiang Mai to the Bitcoin Center in New York
1:10:42 Consensus, MetaMask and early Ethereum
1:18:39 How Ethereum's community culture has shifted
1:22:43 Four-year cycles and Ethereum's outlook
1:31:48 Layer 1s and Layer 2s: Solana, Sui, Base
1:53:15 Altcoins, treasury companies and the FTX comparison
2:00:37 Where to follow John Lilic and closing advice