What Bitcoin Did Should Satoshi’s Coins Be Frozen? | Rob Hamilton
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Apr 21, 2026 
Rob Hamilton, a Bitcoin custody and infrastructure entrepreneur, discusses Bitcoin’s shift from cypherpunk roots to institutional asset. He explores the tensions around ETFs, corporate treasuries, and who gets to define Bitcoin. Quantum computing risks and the debate over freezing vulnerable coins are highlighted. Technical fixes, chain-split risks, and custody choices round out the conversation.
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Use Bitcoin Holding As A Discipline For Long-Term Planning
- Treat holding Bitcoin as a continual discipline that shapes long-term behavior and planning.
- Rob describes how adopting Bitcoin led him to longer-term planning, better health, family planning and community-oriented uses of wealth.
Institutional Adoption Is Rewriting Bitcoin's Values
- Bitcoin's user base is fragmenting as institutional adoption reshapes values and priorities.
- New cohorts (ETFs, corporate treasuries) often prioritize market access and ETFs over self-custody and decentralization, changing dispute dynamics.
Quantum Computers Create A New Bitcoin Crisis Vector
- A cryptographically relevant quantum computer would expose coins with revealed public keys to theft, creating a unique existential threat.
- Roughly 6–7 million coins (Satoshi outputs and Taproot/reused addresses) are vulnerable because their public keys are visible on-chain.