what makes you say/repost this? Did you get contacted by someone? You can build circles for several reasons or with several kinds of expectations.

Nah, I meant: I thought we had transitioned to using key-hashes for initial commitments, but with taproot we're back to immediately exposing public keys.

Thanks. This is well explained, for exactly the area I hadn't looked into yet.

Me too. I was surprised to read Taproot exposes public keys again. Where's this debate?

Quantum computing risks are real. There has been a conference for some 10y called PQC. (It prly still exists.) The risks are in that by entangling particles, probabilities can be computed that point towards answers where otherwise in classical computing it would be a complete guess. However, it is not possible to "cheat" on every kind of math problem like this. Quantum computing risks and Post-Quantum Computing are very much real research and engineering, with some 6 or so viable mainstream flavors.

there is a bigger picture at play

Nah, I think it's that most people are not used to an interaction based on understanding and asking questions and otherwise interacting in neutral ways and with unknown people. The people clustered away in small villages also show less understanding or take their (malicious) practices with them instead of understanding how to behave on the internet given a mixture of culture and in presence of many unknowns.

what is the point you're trying to make? Is this more incitement?

I noticed that double-like 😏

Well, no, not per se. Increasing cost, maintenance, etc. More frills thus more actions, thus easier to miss/mistake/forget. More per room effort, bookkeeping, etc. More that can go wrong or confuse. More that can be screwed with and needs checking.