Last month, I had dinner with an old friend, a veteran in the industry who entered the scene in 2017 and has always liked doing fundamental research. After a few drinks, he suddenly asked me:
You know? In three years, BTC might be worth nothing.
I was taken aback, looking at the recent BTC 'unstoppable' market trend, shaking my head, thinking he was joking. But what he said next made me sit up straight.
"Quantum computing might disrupt the entire cryptocurrency industry."
If others said this, I might not believe it, but coming from this industry veteran, it sends chills down my spine.
I had also heard claims that 'quantum computing would break the encryption world', but after that day, I realized this is not a distant fantasy, but a reality that is approaching.
Current cryptocurrencies rely on a whole set of cryptographic systems called 'Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC)'. Simply put: you sign a transaction with a private key, and others can only see your public key, unable to derive the private key.
And quantum computing can use something called Shor's algorithm to directly derive the private key from the public key.
On a traditional computer, this would take thousands of years; but on a quantum computer, it might only take a few minutes.
In other words, the BTC you receive in your cold wallet today, a hacker might be able to 'forge' your private key tomorrow and transfer the coins away.
On-chain, there will be no errors, no warnings; the blockchain only keeps accounts: it’s your own signature.
This is an 'invisible asset evaporation'.
However, it is still too early to worry; with the current progress in computing power, in three years, the threat to the crypto industry is still small, but three years later, I believe there will be more advanced cryptographic technologies or diversified asset protection mechanisms for upgrades.
And some new forms are constantly extending and forming.
I initially stumbled upon Mind Network being integrated in the open-source library of DeepSeek, and later realized it is already the world's first blockchain infrastructure built specifically for Agentic AI and FHE.
It’s not just a concept; it’s a system that is already online.
They did something extremely difficult:
Allowing AI agents to collaborate in an encrypted state.
For example, if you want multiple AIs to assist you in making investment suggestions. What you submit is not plaintext assets, but encrypted assets. The AI analyzes on the ciphertext using FHE, and then outputs the results, which are still ciphertext—only you can decrypt.
You don't have to worry about the model being tampered with, nor do you have to worry about intermediaries stealing your data. Each collaborating agent must use FHE's consensus mechanism to 'make decisions collaboratively', while being verifiable throughout, immutable, and without backdoors.
This is the first time I've seen:
Not only is the data secure, but the decisions are also secure.
Upon further understanding, I found out they have started using this foundation to build an ecosystem called AgenticWorld: a collaborative world of multiple agents, where each AI can have its own skills, identity, wallet, and even DAO governance model.
And you only need to stake a few $FHE to create your own agent to help you process information, make decisions, and even earn money.
This is not just a security upgrade, but a paradigm leap in AI autonomy.