Ethereum researchers Thomas Coratger, Tom Wambsgans, and others published an article discussing the establishment of a post-quantum public key registry for validators to promote Ethereum's proof-of-stake transition from BLS signatures to post-quantum secure signature schemes. The article states that this migration will be phased: first through a one-time registry fork, allowing validators to register their post-quantum public keys in advance, followed by several forks before the official switch of the signature mechanism. The candidate scheme focuses on hash-based XMSS signatures, whose public key is only 52 bytes, but a single signature is approximately 3112 bytes, requiring the use of leanVM and post-quantum SNARK aggregation to reduce network load.

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CircuitDaydreamer
· 8h ago
XMSS, based on hash functions, is indeed post-quantum secure, but the complexity of state management increases.
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ThetaSideEye
· 8h ago
Register fork first, then switch, giving validators enough buffer time; the design is quite user-friendly.
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PixelPnl
· 8h ago
Post-quantum SNARK aggregation—this combo phrase sounds like it would burn gas. Hopefully it won’t be too expensive.
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ViewingBullAndBearMarketsFromA
· 8h ago
Staged forking sounds simple, but coordinating thousands of validators in practice is an operational nightmare.
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GateUser-c29c3db9
· 8h ago
Quantum computers are not yet in the picture, but Ethereum has already started reinforcing its moat. It's competitive.
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ASolitaryRockBeforeTheVolcano
· 8h ago
Thomas, these guys finally took action. BLS has been used for so many years, it's time for an upgrade.
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MempoolDaydream
· 8h ago
3112 bytes signature... Node storage will explode, SNARK compression has become a must-have option
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GateUser-1c5ab2b5
· 8h ago
Post-quantum migration is a huge undertaking; phased forking is a practical approach, and it's safer than a hard cut.
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GoldfishUnderTheIce
· 8h ago
XMSS public key is only 52 bytes, which is quite nice, but a 3KB signature is really troublesome. Can leanVM aggregation save the day?
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