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Aerodrome governance & Quantum Risk
Verdict
Aerodrome governance is not quantum-proof. Vote-escrow power and gauge controllers use classical Base-chain signatures.
Overview
ve(3,3)-style DEXs concentrate political power in locked voters. Those locks still authorize with classical EOAs.
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: ve voters, gauges, team/multisig roles
- Hosts/context: AERO / veAERO on Base
What breaks
- Compromise of governance related keys for Aerodrome
- 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/aerodrome for protocol context
- Use category hubs: lending, dex, perps, stablecoins
FAQ
Protocol page?
/is-quantum-proof/aerodrome
Related?
/is-quantum-proof/velodrome-governance and /is-quantum-proof/dex
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