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dYdX governance & Quantum Risk
Verdict
dYdX governance is not quantum-proof. Classical signatures authorize governance actions affecting the protocol.
Overview
Separate trader account risk from governance token risk when inventorying.
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: DYDX voters and community treasury
- Hosts/context: DYDX governance
What breaks
- Compromise of governance related keys for dYdX
- 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/dydx for protocol context
- Use category hubs: lending, dex, perps, stablecoins
FAQ
Protocol page?
/is-quantum-proof/dydx
Related?
/is-quantum-proof/perps
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