Episode notes
In this episode, Mike Schmidt executive director of Brink, and volunteer coordinator for the consortium, explains how the group formed, autonomy over funding, and how it plans to avoid repeating earlier centralized roadmap fights.
Timestamps:
00:55 — Quantum Risk and the Consortium Pledge
03:10 — The Nine Consortium Members
11:40 — Publishing Quantum Research Publicly
13:39 — Brink Role and Funding Concerns
16:20 — Defining Early Success Metrics
19:00 — Informing the Public on Quantum Progress
21:17 — Institutional Influence and Protocol Concerns
25:13 — Research First on Quantum Signatures
29:25 — Expanding Quantum Expertise
33:14 — Scope Beyond Quantum Security
35:31 — Why Quantum Motivates Corporate Involvement
37:43 — Debates Over Development Funding
40:30 — No Protocol Roadmap From the Consortium
42:57 — Three-Year Goal: Mature Proposals
Links:
Press release: https://www.strategy.com/press/leading-financial-institutions-bitcoin-companies-launch-the-bitcoin-security-consortium_07-23-2026
Mike’s thread: https://x.com/bitschmidty/status/2080263159152091455
Consortium X: https://x.com/BTCconsortium
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on X: @stephanlivera
