BTQ Technologies Launches Bitcoin Quantum Testnet, Marking 17 Years Since Bitcoin's Genesis Block with First Quantum-Safe Fork

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\nBTQ Technologies Launches Bitcoin Quantum Testnet, Marking 17 Years Since Bitcoin's Genesis Block with First Quantum-Safe Fork\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\n\n\nHistoric milestone: Bitcoin Quantum testnet launches, 17 years after Satoshi Nakamoto mined Bitcoin's genesis block, delivering the first quantum-safe Bitcoin fork using NIST-standardized ML-DSA cryptography.Open participation: The permissionless testnet invites miners, developers, researchers, and users to run nodes, build tooling, audit cryptography, and stress-test quantum-resistant transactions before mainnet migration.Institutional urgency validated: Leading research firm Delphi Digital identified Bitcoin Quantum as a \"quantum canary\" network in its comprehensive report, while BlackRock, VanEck, and other major asset managers now explicitly disclose quantum risk in SEC filings covering $70+ billion in Bitcoin holdings.Government mandates accelerating: With U.S. federal agencies required to migrate to post-quantum cryptography by 2035 under NSM-10, and the NSA mandating ML-DSA for all national security systems, Bitcoin Quantum demonstrates a production-ready path for the cryptocurrency industry to meet the same security standards.VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 12, 2026 /CNW/ - BTQ Technologies Corp. (\"BTQ\" or the \"Company\") (Nasdaq: BTQ) (CBOE CA: BTQ), a global quantum technology company focused on securing mission-critical networks, today announced the launch of the Bitcoin Quantum testnet, the first quantum-safe fork of Bitcoin, 17 years after Satoshi Nakamoto mined the Bitcoin genesis block on January 3, 2009.\n\n \n\nThe testnet launch marks a pivotal step toward protecting the nearly $2T BTC value at risk, with 6.26 million BTC (approximately $650–750 billion) already sitting in addresses with exposed public keys, vulnerable to future quantum attack. Bitcoin Quantum replaces Bitcoin's quantum-vulnerable ECDSA signatures with ML-DSA (Module-Lattice Digital Signature Algorithm), the same NIST-standardized post-quantum cryptographic algorithm mandated by the U....

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