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Uniswap admin keys & Quantum Risk
Verdict
Uniswap admin and fee-control keys are not quantum-proof. Even with strong governance, classical keys that toggle fees or own factories remain CRQC-relevant.
Overview
Uniswap governance is covered separately; this spoke isolates admin/fee-controller surfaces that can affect protocol economics.
Most user risk remains EOAs and allowances—still inventory privileged roles.
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: Fee switch / protocol fee admins, factory owners as deployed
- Hosts/context: Uniswap v2/v3/v4 factory and fee pathways
What breaks
- Compromise of admin keys related keys for Uniswap
- 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/uniswap for protocol context
- Use category hubs: lending, dex, perps, stablecoins
FAQ
Governance page?
/is-quantum-proof/uniswap-governance
Category?
/is-quantum-proof/dex
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