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Kamino admin keys & Quantum Risk
Verdict
Kamino admin keys are not quantum-proof. Solana program authorities can change vault risk parameters under classical crypto.
Overview
Automated LP and lending vaults concentrate admin power—document upgrade authorities.
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: Program authorities and risk admins
- Hosts/context: Solana Kamino vaults/lending
What breaks
- Compromise of admin keys related keys for Kamino
- 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/kamino for protocol context
- Use category hubs: lending, dex, perps, stablecoins
FAQ
Protocol page?
/is-quantum-proof/kamino
Related?
/is-quantum-proof/lending
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