Jameson Lopp warned that quantum recovery would benefit those with quantum computers at the expense of others, undermining the network’s security by granting them access to lost coins they didn’t earn

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"Allowing quantum recovery of bitcoin is tantamount to wealth redistribution. What we would be allowing is for bitcoin to be redistributed from those who are ignorant of quantum computers to those who have won the technological race to acquire quantum computers."

Lopp argues that quantum recovery would weaken the security of the network since it would allow the coins to be claimed by those who did not earn them. The prominent software engineer compared this to a burglar investing in the resources and skills needed for robbing a building. He has stated that quantum miners would be "vampires feeding upon the system."