Analyzing Bitcoin Consensus: Risks in Protocol Upgrades

A report from the Bitcoin Consensus Analysis Project (first published in late 2024) on how bitcoin actually changes its rules: who participates, how soft and hard forks differ in coordination requirements, and where contentious upgrades have stalled or split the network in the past.

It is not about quantum computing specifically, but it is directly relevant to the hardest part of any quantum migration — coordinating a network-wide change among many independent actors with no central authority. This topic cites it for that governance framing rather than for any cryptographic claim.