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

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