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Preparing multi-chain assets for a post-quantum future. Illia Polosukhin explains how NEAR gets there. With Chain Signatures, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and stablecoins held via NEAR Intents can be secured with post-quantum cryptography and kept confidential, with protocol upgrades handling the transition automatically. Confidential and quantum-resistant. A powerful combination for... show more

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NEAR already lets users hold assets in a post-quantum secure way. Illia (root.near) (🇺🇦, ⋈) walks through future upgrades, including shifting block production over to post-quantum cryptography and securing user's multi-chain assets through NEAR's Chain Signatures, all behind the scenes.

NEAR already lets users hold assets in a post-quantum secure way. Illia (root.near) (🇺🇦, ⋈) walks through future upgrades, including shifting block production over to post-quantum cryptography and securing user's multi-chain assets through NEAR's Chain Signatures, all behind the scenes.

NEAR Protocol

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An estimated $470 billion worth of Bitcoin is exposed to quantum attacks. Alex Shevchenko 🇺🇦 explains why NEAR Protocol was designed with cryptographic upgrades in mind and how the network recently introduced the first approved post-quantum cryptography primitive. • Users can now add post-quantum cryptography (PQC) keys to their NEAR accounts. • Those accounts can hold assets from multiple blockchains, providing additional protection for cross-chain assets. • This marks the first step in NEAR’s broader post-quantum cryptography (PQC) roadmap. • NEAR is the first blockchain to deliver support for approved PQC keys, with future upgrades planned for chain signatures and network consensus NEAR Intents

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Bri Teresi

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Most chains will address quantum security when they have to. Arc is being designed with future quantum capabilities in mind from the start. Gordon Liao explains how Arc incorporates quantum-resistant signatures and a mapped path for migrating assets to quantum-safe wallets.

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Arc

30,320 views • 2 months ago

Today is World Quantum Day! A great reminder that quantum's impact on cryptography isn't theoretical, it's only a matter of time. To mark the occasion, CEO StaciW_DC sat down with world-renowned post-quantum cryptographer and Algorand CSO Chris Peikert to discuss the quantum threat to blockchain. Since 2022, Algorand has been leading in blockchain quantum resilience by securing its entire chain history with Falcon-signed State Proofs. In 2025, we took it further: the first quantum-resistant transaction protecting real digital assets was executed on mainnet. With Google now targeting 2029 for its own post-quantum migration, the urgency is clear. Algorand isn't waiting, we're already building for that future. Watch now! 👇

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Algorand Foundation

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How NEAR Intents are Solving Crypto's Biggest Problems | Free the Money Ep. 36 Alex Shevchenko is the Co-founder and CEO of Aurora Labs and Defuse Labs, the team behind NEAR Intents, the universal liquidity protocol for on-chain markets and tokenized assets. With a PhD in Applied Physics, Alex Shevchenko 🇺🇦 has been building blockchain infrastructure since 2015 and helped launch Rainbow Bridge, Aurora, and NEAR Intents. Today, NEAR Intents’ infrastructure handles the majority of cross-chain trading volume outside same-asset transfers. •Why blockchain fragmentation is crypto's biggest obstacle to mainstream adoption •How NEAR Intents creates a universal liquidity layer across blockchains •What a fully agentic economy actually looks like and why AI agents will need their own financial infrastructure •Why open AI models are catching up to Big Tech and why personal AI could become the future •Why nearly $16 trillion in real-world assets (RWAs) could be tokenized by 2030 and why interoperability will be critical •How NEAR's ~$79 million in daily volume generates an average of ~$158,000 in daily $NEAR buybacks •Near's Confidential Intents: private cross-chain trading using a private shard and trusted execution environments (TEEs) •Why the CLARITY Act could accelerate institutional adoption and bring new capital into crypto •Why $470 billion worth of Bitcoin is exposed to quantum attacks and how NEAR Protocol is preparing with post-quantum cryptography Remember to subscribe and hit the bell "🔔" icon to get notifications. Check out my favorite privacy coin, Zano and follow Zano for updates. You can buy Zano seamlessly on MEXC using a VPN, or browse the full list of exchanges where Zano is available here: You can also find educational content, tutorials, and interviews on the official Zano YouTube Channel: 0:00 Alex's Journey from Applied Physics 2:25 The Origin Story Behind NEAR Intents & Cross-Chain Infrastructure 4:14 Blockchain Fragmentation: Liquidity, Markets & Why Crypto Still Feels Broken 8:59 How NEAR Intents Work Under the Hood (Chain Signatures, Settlement & Self-Custody) 12:52 Building the Financial Backbone of the Agentic Economy (MPP, AI & NEAR's Vision) 16:58 When Will the Agentic Economy Arrive? Alex's Prediction 18:16 Distillation & Open vs Closed AI Models 24:32 NEAR AI: Private Inference & Running AI Without Giving Up Your Data 25:31 $80M Daily Volume, $NEAR Buybacks & Tokenomics 29:41 Why RWAs Need NEAR Intents 33:37 The Agentic Economy Explained: Cross-Agent Interactions 37:17 AI Will Disrupt Subscription Models: The Case for Agentic Micropayments 40:00 Why Privacy Matters: Zano 42:02 Confidential Intents Explained 47:53 Why the CLARITY Act Could Unlock Institutional Capital for Crypto 51:29 Quantum Computing Threats & How NEAR Is Preparing with Post-Quantum Cryptography NEAR Protocol NEAR AI NEAR Mobile | Wallet & DEX

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BSCN

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Big new upgrades from Ledger, bringing seamless UX to self-custody. Ledger Wallet™ uses NEAR Intents to power cross-chain swaps and is working with NEAR to align hardware wallet security for the quantum era. This is DeFi, free from compromise.

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43,672 views • 6 months ago

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45,684 views • 7 months ago

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MoneroTalk

17,593 views • 11 months ago

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Sooraj

13,761 views • 3 months ago

Google's latest Quantum AI paper highlights a key shift for blockchain security. Algorand is cited 32 times, underscoring its work in post-quantum cryptography. CEO StaciW_DC breaks down what it means for the future of crypto with The Wolf Of All Streets and what sets Algorand apart 👇

Google's latest Quantum AI paper highlights a key shift for blockchain security. Algorand is cited 32 times, underscoring its work in post-quantum cryptography. CEO StaciW_DC breaks down what it means for the future of crypto with The Wolf Of All Streets and what sets Algorand apart 👇

Algorand Foundation

348,468 views • 5 months ago

BITCOIN RAILS #69: ZERO-KNOWLEDGE PROOFS FOR POST-QUANTUM BITCOIN | with Benedikt Bünz 🔗 YOUTUBE: 🌿 SPOTIFY: While many Bitcoiners remain hopeful the network will embrace zero-knowledge proofs for protocol-level use cases, practical adoption has remained limited outside of BitVM and a handful of experimental proposals. Most of the world’s ZKP research has circled around Ethereum and other ecosystems, where significant resources have been dedicated to advancing these systems, particularly for scaling and privacy applications. One of the most notable contributors to this research is Benedikt Bünz ☕️ — professor of cryptography at NYU and collaborator of Dan Boneh, who together inarguably form one of the strongest blockchain-applied cryptography teams in the world. The pair recently announced they’ll be leading the new post-quantum cryptography unit localhost research — the first dedicated PQ research effort within a major Bitcoin development organization. With Benedikt leading the charge on the use of zero-knowledge proofs for post-quantum mitigation, the question emerges: will the post-quantum transition be the catalyst to finally bring zero-knowledge proofs to Bitcoin's core protocol? In more detail, Benedikt and I discuss: - Why ZKPs haven’t been widely adopted by the Bitcoin technical community — and why the threat of quantum computers may change that posture going forward - How ZKPs could be used for signature batching to address larger post-quantum signatures in Bitcoin’s post-quantum era - Why Bitcoiners will likely prioritize hash-based signatures as an initial post-quantum scheme — rather than more efficient but less proven alternatives (e.g., lattice-based) - How ZKPs have evolved over the last decade and may finally be ready for Bitcoin’s strict requirements around trust assumptions - Why Benedikt and Dan are teaming up with localhost research to create the first post-quantum cryptography unit within a major Bitcoin development organization + what they hope to accomplish This episode of Bitcoin Rails is brought to you by: LayerTwo Labs LayerTwo Labs — developing research, software, and technologies for scaling Bitcoin via the integration of Drivechains (BIP 300/301) Hashi on Sui — a primitive for executing Bitcoin DeFi transactions, without having to trust a federated bridge or other centralized entity BitBox BitBox — an open-source Bitcoin-only hardware wallet, with smooth UX and no compromises on security. Check out Bitbox [dot] swiss and use code BITCOINRAILS to get a discount TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 — Intro 00:22 — Benedikt's background 04:10 — How Benedikt got into Bitcoin and cryptography 07:42 — First ZK project: proving exchange solvency after Mt. Gox 16:01 — ZK proofs explained 27:43 — How security gets popular & ZK proofs in Bitcoin 35:49 — Other applications of ZK proofs for Bitcoin 40:15 — Why ZK proofs haven't been adopted in Bitcoin 50:46 — Why the Bitcoin post-quantum transition needs ZK proofs 01:07:00 — Cryptographic agility and why lattices win 01:18:00 — The size problem and how SNARKs solve it 01:33:57 — Proving a Bitcoin block in a laptop in 1.5 seconds 01:37:12 — Bitcoin as the primary quantum target 01:40:47 — ZK proofs for seed phrase recovery

BITCOIN RAILS #69: ZERO-KNOWLEDGE PROOFS FOR POST-QUANTUM BITCOIN | with Benedikt Bünz 🔗 YOUTUBE: 🌿 SPOTIFY: While many Bitcoiners remain hopeful the network will embrace zero-knowledge proofs for protocol-level use cases, practical adoption has remained limited outside of BitVM and a handful of experimental proposals. Most of the world’s ZKP research has circled around Ethereum and other ecosystems, where significant resources have been dedicated to advancing these systems, particularly for scaling and privacy applications. One of the most notable contributors to this research is Benedikt Bünz ☕️ — professor of cryptography at NYU and collaborator of Dan Boneh, who together inarguably form one of the strongest blockchain-applied cryptography teams in the world. The pair recently announced they’ll be leading the new post-quantum cryptography unit localhost research — the first dedicated PQ research effort within a major Bitcoin development organization. With Benedikt leading the charge on the use of zero-knowledge proofs for post-quantum mitigation, the question emerges: will the post-quantum transition be the catalyst to finally bring zero-knowledge proofs to Bitcoin's core protocol? In more detail, Benedikt and I discuss: - Why ZKPs haven’t been widely adopted by the Bitcoin technical community — and why the threat of quantum computers may change that posture going forward - How ZKPs could be used for signature batching to address larger post-quantum signatures in Bitcoin’s post-quantum era - Why Bitcoiners will likely prioritize hash-based signatures as an initial post-quantum scheme — rather than more efficient but less proven alternatives (e.g., lattice-based) - How ZKPs have evolved over the last decade and may finally be ready for Bitcoin’s strict requirements around trust assumptions - Why Benedikt and Dan are teaming up with localhost research to create the first post-quantum cryptography unit within a major Bitcoin development organization + what they hope to accomplish This episode of Bitcoin Rails is brought to you by: LayerTwo Labs LayerTwo Labs — developing research, software, and technologies for scaling Bitcoin via the integration of Drivechains (BIP 300/301) Hashi on Sui — a primitive for executing Bitcoin DeFi transactions, without having to trust a federated bridge or other centralized entity BitBox BitBox — an open-source Bitcoin-only hardware wallet, with smooth UX and no compromises on security. Check out Bitbox [dot] swiss and use code BITCOINRAILS to get a discount TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 — Intro 00:22 — Benedikt's background 04:10 — How Benedikt got into Bitcoin and cryptography 07:42 — First ZK project: proving exchange solvency after Mt. Gox 16:01 — ZK proofs explained 27:43 — How security gets popular & ZK proofs in Bitcoin 35:49 — Other applications of ZK proofs for Bitcoin 40:15 — Why ZK proofs haven't been adopted in Bitcoin 50:46 — Why the Bitcoin post-quantum transition needs ZK proofs 01:07:00 — Cryptographic agility and why lattices win 01:18:00 — The size problem and how SNARKs solve it 01:33:57 — Proving a Bitcoin block in a laptop in 1.5 seconds 01:37:12 — Bitcoin as the primary quantum target 01:40:47 — ZK proofs for seed phrase recovery

Isabel Foxen Duke⚡️

19,872 views • 1 month ago

1/ Starknet was built with quantum risk in mind from day one. STARKs are post-quantum resistant by nature. Native Account Abstraction makes wallets upgradeable by design. Post-quantum wallets are already possible on Starknet. And the remaining pieces require relatively little additional work from our side. In short, quantum computing is not a threat to Starknet’s future. If anything, it plays to Starknet’s strengths.

1/ Starknet was built with quantum risk in mind from day one. STARKs are post-quantum resistant by nature. Native Account Abstraction makes wallets upgradeable by design. Post-quantum wallets are already possible on Starknet. And the remaining pieces require relatively little additional work from our side. In short, quantum computing is not a threat to Starknet’s future. If anything, it plays to Starknet’s strengths.

Starknet (Privacy Arc)

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Ethereum Researcher Justin Drake, who co-authored Google's recent quantum paper: "I've stopped thinking about post-quantum as a hurdle that we have to overcome, and I think of it more as an opportunity. It's an opportunity for Ethereum to stand out as the very first global financial system that is post-quantum secure — not just relative to its competitors, but also relative to fiat and tradfi." Justin also believes quantum presents an opportunity for Ethereum to become the best version of itself: “The move to post-quantum is essentially a rewrite, and that’s a massive opportunity to start with a clean slate and wipe our technical debt.” The rewrite bundles post-quantum security with a new ZK virtual machine (LeanVM) that can snarkify the entire consensus layer in real time. The result is that the Ethereum L1 can scale to 10,000 TPS at 1 gigagas/second — while simultaneously becoming quantum-secure. Source: Bankless (Mar 2026)

Ethereum Researcher Justin Drake, who co-authored Google's recent quantum paper: "I've stopped thinking about post-quantum as a hurdle that we have to overcome, and I think of it more as an opportunity. It's an opportunity for Ethereum to stand out as the very first global financial system that is post-quantum secure — not just relative to its competitors, but also relative to fiat and tradfi." Justin also believes quantum presents an opportunity for Ethereum to become the best version of itself: “The move to post-quantum is essentially a rewrite, and that’s a massive opportunity to start with a clean slate and wipe our technical debt.” The rewrite bundles post-quantum security with a new ZK virtual machine (LeanVM) that can snarkify the entire consensus layer in real time. The result is that the Ethereum L1 can scale to 10,000 TPS at 1 gigagas/second — while simultaneously becoming quantum-secure. Source: Bankless (Mar 2026)

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