Re: [bitcoindev] Algorithm Agility for Bitcoin to maintain security in the face of quantum and classic breaks in the signature algorithms

Matt Corallo
2026-02-13T16:21:26Z

On 2/12/26 10:13 AM, Alex wrote:
> > A new address type that
> is 10x more expensive to transact with is going to see ~zero adoption in "consumer wallets" until
> its urgent, at which point its obviously way, way too late.
>
> This is dishonest strawman argumentation that only misrepresents the proposal incorrectly.

As I mentioned in my email sent at some time prior to your mail (though it may not have hit your
inbox in time, I'm not sure), yes, I had misunderstood the specifics of the P2MR proposal. I
apologize and there was no intent to straw-man here.

As I mention in that email, as well as the one I just sent to ethan, however, I still see zero
reason to prefer it over a P2TR(v2) approach. It seems strictly inferior.

Matt

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