XRP’s Quantum Setup May Leave It Better Positioned Than Bitcoin
XRP may be carrying a narrower immediate quantum-computing risk than BTC, at least based on how much supply currently sits behind exposed public keys.
A recent review of XRPL accounts found that roughly 300,000 accounts holding about 2.4 billion XRP have never sent a transaction, meaning their public keys have never appeared on-chain. The more exposed slice appears much smaller: widely shared estimates put only about 21 million XRP in larger dormant accounts with visible public keys, or roughly 0.03% of supply.
That distinction is starting to matter more as the quantum debate moves from distant theory to practical attack surface. Bitcoin still carries a larger legacy footprint in older address types where public keys are already exposed, while the XRP Ledger’s account model lets users replace a regular signing key without changing the underlying account.
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In simpler terms, XRP’s relative edge here is less about being quantum-safe today and more about having a migration path that may be less disruptive if the threat becomes real.
XRPL developers have also been testing ML-DSA, a post-quantum signature scheme, on AlphaNet since December 2025. That does not mean the network is finished with the problem. Active accounts would still need to migrate if quantum computers ever become practical, and even more XRP-friendly reviews have stressed that the 0.03% figure refers only to the narrow slice of dormant wallets with already-visible public keys.
Still, the comparison offers a useful reminder as crypto starts taking quantum risk more seriously: the real question is not only which chain is bigger, but which one exposes less of its supply today and can adapt more cleanly tomorrow.
XRP (CRYPTO: $XRP) is currently trading at $1.35 U.S., while Bitcoin (CRYPTO: $BTC) is trading at $72,454 U.S. per digital token.
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