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Synthetix governance & Quantum Risk
Verdict
Synthetix governance is not quantum-proof. Council and token governance use classical signatures on host deployments.
Overview
Synthetics and perps-related products inherit governance risk that can change collateral and fee 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: SNX voters, councils, executors
- Hosts/context: SNX governance and Spartan Council-class roles
What breaks
- Compromise of governance 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
Protocol page?
/is-quantum-proof/synthetix
Category?
/is-quantum-proof/perps
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