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Bitcoin Security Consortium with Mike Schmidt | SLP759

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 Subscribe to the podcast Subscribe to Substack

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