XRP may be less exposed to quantum threats than bitcoin
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By Omkar Godbole
Published on April 10, 2026.
Quantum computing has been a topic of discussion following Google's claim that a sufficiently powerful machine could exploit legacy blockchains with less firepower than initially estimated. However, for XRP holders, the XRP (XRPL) architecture may be better positioned than Bitcoin's, as XRP operates on the same open-source, decentralized blockchain as Bitcoin. XRP Ledger’s validator Vet found that around 300,000 XRP accounts holding 2.4 billion XRP have never sent any funds, meaning their public keys have never been exposed to the network, making them quantum-safe by default. These accounts are considered "dormormous" by default, but there are dormant whale accounts that have exposed their public Keys at least 5 years ago. The vulnerability is based on the assumption that these accounts are dormant and not active. The XRPL feature allows for signing key rotation, allowing users to swap their signing key without moving funds, but this issue arises when people are not around to use it. The "escrow feature" is another defense against quantum risk, allowing for funds locked in escrow to be kept safe without the need to be withdrawn until a specified time has passed. The threat to XRP appears worse than Bitcoin for scale due to a portion of the public key format called P2PK, which exposed directly in the transaction output, which is not widely available.
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