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Synthetix oracles & Quantum Risk
Verdict
Synthetix oracle paths are not quantum-proof. Synthetic prices depend on classical feed crypto and managers.
Overview
Price latency and feed keys dominate integrity risk for synthetic assets.
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: Oracle managers and feed signers
- Hosts/context: Exchange rates for synths/perps
What breaks
- Compromise of oracles 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
Related?
/is-quantum-proof/oracles
Category?
/is-quantum-proof/perps
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