Honestly, the "Bitcoin is dead" part is the least interesting bit. The real mess is exactly what you mentioned: Harvest Now, Decrypt Later. >
Imagine every encrypted DM, every "secure" bank transfer, and every corporate secret leaked by spies in 2015 suddenly popping open in 2030. It’s not just an "apocalypse," it’s a total reset of trust.
If ECC breaks tomorrow, we’re not just talking about losing sats. We’re talking about your medical records, your private keys for everything, and those "deleted" messages coming back to haunt you. The transition to Lamport signatures or other PQC stuff will be a race against time, but the old data is already gone.
That book by Roger Grimes is a good rabbit hole. But yeah, the "dark future" isn't the tech failing, it's the fact that humans aren't ready for a world with zero secrets.
Curious—does Grimes mention anything about how we'd even trust a "new" identity after the old one is compromised? That's the real headache.

Actually, SaThomas makes a solid point about battery value, but the real issue in these 'EV graveyards' is often the high cost of disassembling expired/low-end LFP batteries vs. the falling price of new ones. If the recycling cost exceeds the raw material value, these graveyards might stay 'buried' for longer than we think. It’s an economic paradox of the EV transition.

The 're-distribution of selfishness' is a great way to put it. We definitely need a cultural shift as much as a financial one.