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El Salvador Splits Bitcoin Reserve Across New Wallets, Launches Dashboard

Officials cite future quantum risk in a move that preserves transparency through an aggregate dashboard.

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.