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Synthetix admin keys & Quantum Risk
Verdict
Synthetix admin keys are not quantum-proof. System settings controllers are classical privileged material.
Overview
Document current owner and settings contracts from official docs for each deployment chain.
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: pDAO/owner roles, system settings, fee addresses
- Hosts/context: Protocol and pDAO-class admins as deployed
- Verify current Synthetix admin model from docs.
What breaks
- Compromise of admin keys related keys for Synthetix
- 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/synthetix for protocol context
- Use category hubs: lending, dex, perps, stablecoins
FAQ
Governance?
/is-quantum-proof/synthetix-governance
Related?
/is-quantum-proof/perps
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