BitGo Shields Institutional Bitcoin Wallets with Quantum-Risk Management Tools

BitGo has rolled out quantum-risk management tools to shield institutional Bitcoin wallets from potential cyber threats. The rollout, which completed on July 22, introduces four new security controls that work within BitGo's existing multi-signature wallet framework, requiring no protocol changes and no new tokens.

The central idea is deceptively simple: if a public key has never been revealed on the blockchain, a quantum computer can't use it as an attack vector. BitGo's new tooling is built around making that principle practical at institutional scale.

According to CEO Mike Belshe, 'The safest key is one whose public key has never been revealed on-chain.'

The update centers on four principal controls. The most visible is the Quantum Risk Score, an exposure metric baked directly into the BitGo platform that gives users a real-time read on how much of their holdings sit behind already-exposed public keys.

Data from Glassnode suggests roughly 6 to 7 million BTC currently have exposed public keys on-chain. That's nearly 30% of Bitcoin's total supply.