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 Pledge03:10 — The Nine Consortium Members11:40 — Publishing Quantum Research Publicly13:39 — Brink Role and Funding Concerns16:20 — Defining Early Success Metrics19:00 — Informing the Public on Quantum Progress21:17 — Institutional Influence and Protocol Concerns25:13 — Research First on Quantum Signatures29:25 — Expanding Quantum Expertise33:14 — Scope Beyond Quantum Security35:31 — Why Quantum Motivates Corporate Involvement37:43 — Debates Over Development Funding40:30 — No Protocol Roadmap From the Consortium42:57 — Three-Year Goal: Mature ProposalsLinks: Press release: https://www.strategy.com/press/leading-financial-institutions-bitcoin-companies-launch-the-bitcoin-security-consortium_07-23-2026Mike’s thread: https://x.com/bitschmidty/status/2080263159152091455Consortium X: https://x.com/BTCconsortium Stephan Livera links:Follow me on X: @stephanliveraSubscribe to the podcastSubscribe to Substack