Overview
- El Salvador’s National Bitcoin Office said it redistributed the national reserve from a single reused address into multiple fresh addresses, with the changes visible on-chain.
- Independent tracking shows the funds were split across 14 new wallets holding up to 500 BTC each, reducing address reuse and single-key operational risk.
- The treasury holds roughly 6,280 BTC and continues to accumulate about one Bitcoin per day, according to recent disclosures.
- ONBTC highlighted that spending reveals public keys on the blockchain, which is the scenario theoretical quantum attacks on ECDSA could target.
- Experts and analysts, including John D. Cook, say current quantum hardware does not pose an immediate threat and view the change as an operational improvement rather than a quantum-proof solution.