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Jupiter governance & Quantum Risk
Verdict
Jupiter governance is not quantum-proof. JUP voting and treasury moves use classical Solana signatures.
Overview
Aggregator governance still concentrates classical keys that can fund grants or change DAO-controlled parameters.
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: JUP voters and DAO treasuries
- Hosts/context: JUP governance on Solana
What breaks
- Compromise of governance related keys for Jupiter
- 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/jupiter for protocol context
- Use category hubs: lending, dex, perps, stablecoins
FAQ
Protocol page?
/is-quantum-proof/jupiter
Category?
/is-quantum-proof/dex
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