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1inch governance & Quantum Risk
Verdict
1inch governance is not quantum-proof. Aggregation parameters and token votes still use classical host-chain signatures.
Overview
Aggregators route through many pools; governance still sits on classical keys for the 1INCH protocol surface.
Cryptographic profile
- Signatures: Host-chain account signatures for role holders (typically classical ECDSA/Ed25519), Multisig/module keys as deployed
- Hash: Host-chain dependent
- Public-key exposure: 1INCH voters and protocol parameter controllers
- Hosts/context: 1INCH token governance
What breaks
- Compromise of governance related keys for 1inch
- Equating role separation or multisig with post-quantum algorithms
- Untracked multi-chain deployments of the same protocol
Mitigations
- Document privileged addresses from official docs per chain
- Hardware/MPC for guardians, admins, and large governors
- Return to /is-quantum-proof/1inch for protocol context
- Use category hubs: lending, dex, perps, stablecoins
FAQ
Protocol page?
/is-quantum-proof/1inch
Category?
/is-quantum-proof/dex
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