Gate News reports that on March 12, Castle Island Ventures partner Nic Carter responded on the X platform to the controversy over the authorship of BIP-360. He stated that the Bitcoin community should focus on the technical quality of proposals and the open review process, rather than the backgrounds of the authors. He pointed out that in Bitcoin development history, it is not uncommon for developers to remain anonymous or use pseudonyms. For example, the author of BIP-148 (a key proposal for activating Segregated Witness) known as “Shaolinfry” remains unidentified, but this has not affected the importance of the proposal.
Known team members of BIP-360 include Ethan, who has a strong technical background; Isabel, who has long participated in Bitcoin initiatives; and the pseudonymous developer Hunter Beast. The proposal aims to eliminate potential quantum vulnerabilities in Taproot addresses as an initial step toward making Bitcoin quantum-resistant, paving the way for a series of future BIPs to defend against quantum computing risks.
Nic Carter stated that some opposition may come from groups concerned with “filtering or spam transactions,” but as the potential failure risk of elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) gains more attention, the community’s priorities are shifting toward enhancing Bitcoin’s quantum resistance.
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