- Ethereum Foundation has created a dedicated Post Quantum (PQ) team to prioritize long-term post-quantum security.
- Thomas Coratger will lead the new PQ team, with support from cryptographer Emile and contributions highlighted by Justin Drake.
- The foundation is funding cryptography work with two $1 million prizes aimed at strengthening post-quantum primitives.
- Engineering efforts include biweekly developer sessions, live multi-client PQ consensus devnets, and a schedule of PQ events and educational materials.
- Coinbase has formed an independent advisory board to assess quantum risks and will publish a position paper in early 2027.
The Ethereum Foundation has named post-quantum security a top strategic priority and assembled a dedicated Post Quantum (PQ) team to prepare the network for quantum-era threats. The team is led by Thomas Coratger, with support from cryptographer Emile, and public details were shared by Justin Drake.
Drake said the effort follows years of research and that timelines are accelerating. “After years of quiet R&D, EF management has officially declared PQ security a top strategic priority,” he wrote, adding “It’s now 2026, timelines are accelerating. Time to go full PQ.”
A key technical element is the minimalist zero-knowledge proof virtual machine known as leanVM, which the team views as central to future PQ transaction aggregation and other cryptographic tooling. The foundation will start biweekly developer sessions next month focused on post-quantum transactions, led by researcher Antonio Sanso, covering protocol-level tools and account abstraction pathways.
The foundation has committed funding to the effort, announcing a $1.0 million Poseidon Prize to harden the Poseidon hash and a separate $1.0 million Proximity Prize to advance PQ cryptography. On the engineering side, multi-client post-quantum consensus development networks are already live, with participating teams coordinating through weekly interoperability calls.
Planned outreach includes a dedicated PQ event in October, a post-quantum day in late March ahead of EthCC, and educational materials and videos aimed at enterprises. Separately, Coinbase has set up an independent advisory board of experts in quantum computing, cryptography, and blockchain security to study risks to major networks and publish public guidance, with its first position paper expected in early 2027.
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