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Nine of the largest institutional names in Bitcoin formed the Bitcoin Security Consortium on Thursday, pledging an aggregate $15 million over three years to fund developers and researchers preparing the network for a potential quantum computing threat.
"As long-term holders, we have every incentive to see Bitcoin remain secure for generations," Phong Le, chief executive officer of Strategy, said in a statement. "Funding the people who do this work, and helping inform the conversation around it, is a natural way for us to contribute."
Founding members include Anchorage Digital, ARK Invest, BlackRock, Block, Blockstream, Coinbase, Fidelity Digital Assets, Galaxy, and Strategy — a cross-section of the institutional Bitcoin ecosystem spanning custodians, exchanges, asset managers, and infrastructure providers. Each member directs its own funding independently to the developers and organizations it chooses. The consortium's day-to-day work is coordinated by Mike Schmidt, executive director of Brink, a non-profit that supports Bitcoin open-source developers, who serves in a volunteer capacity.
Large-scale quantum computers capable of breaking Bitcoin's cryptography do not exist today, and credible estimates for when they might arrive vary widely. Blockstream CEO Adam Back said in November 2025 that Bitcoin faces no meaningful quantum threat for at least 20 to 40 years. An April report from investment manager Bernstein, by contrast, said Bitcoin has about three to five years to prepare for a post-quantum security upgrade. The consortium stressed it will not influence Bitcoin's protocol or governance, saying development will remain decentralized.
"Bitcoin Core developers do incredibly important work, and we're pleased that our firm and the others in this group will now be making significant additional funding available to support Bitcoin's long-term security needs," Robert Mitchnick, global head of digital assets at BlackRock, said.
The consortium will also serve as a central source of information on Bitcoin security developments for investors, the public, and the media. Galaxy separately pledged up to $5 million in grants for developers working on Bitcoin's quantum security and elected a council of quantum-advisory experts to research migration solutions, the firm announced Wednesday.
The involvement of BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager with more than $10 trillion in assets under management, lends significant institutional credibility to the effort and signals that major financial firms view Bitcoin's long-term viability as a priority worth funding. The consortium plans to publish and maintain material on Bitcoin's security in the coming months, updated as developments warrant.
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.
