Stacks Co-Founder Proposes Execution-Layer Privacy and Quantum Resistance Upgrades for Bitcoin

Bitcoin could introduce confidential transactions through an upper execution layer without modifying its base layer, according to Stacks co-founder Muneeb Ali. The proposed structure aims to provide user privacy while maintaining the public auditability of Bitcoin's total supply. The strategy is part of a broader Stacks development roadmap focusing on three core initiatives: confidential execution-layer transactions, BTC yield-generating decentralized applications, and quantum computing resistance. Ali noted that accelerated advancements in artificial intelligence could advance quantum computing threats to Bitcoin to 2029 from an earlier expectation of 2030.