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Curve admin keys & Quantum Risk
Verdict
Curve admin keys are not quantum-proof. Pool ownership and factory controls use classical signatures alongside ve governance.
Overview
Curve governance has its own page; admins and pool owners can still hold emergency or configuration power on specific pools.
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: Pool owners, factory admins, emergency roles
- Hosts/context: Curve pools and factory owners
What breaks
- Compromise of admin keys related keys for Curve
- 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/curve for protocol context
- Use category hubs: lending, dex, perps, stablecoins
FAQ
Governance spoke?
/is-quantum-proof/curve-governance
Related?
/is-quantum-proof/dex
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