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Drift admin keys & Quantum Risk
Verdict
Drift admin keys are not quantum-proof. Solana program authorities and insurance controllers are classical high-value targets.
Overview
Perps on Solana inherit Ed25519 account crypto plus program admin risk.
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: Admin, insurance fund, and program authorities
- Hosts/context: Solana Drift protocol
What breaks
- Compromise of admin keys related keys for Drift
- 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/drift for protocol context
- Use category hubs: lending, dex, perps, stablecoins
FAQ
Protocol page?
/is-quantum-proof/drift
Category?
/is-quantum-proof/perps
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