Quantum computers will eventually be able to break the cryptography that protects blockchains today. The fix is new "post-quantum" signatures, but they are big and slow to work with.
We just showed they can be checked on Kaspa in seconds. Here is how.
In plain terms: we take the three new quantum-safe signature standards (NIST) and prove them correct inside a zero-knowledge virtual machine, so the network can trust the result without redoing all the work.
The numbers below are the time it takes to produce that proof.
All three NIST schemes, proved on an RTX 4090 (means of 5 runs):
Falcon-512: 1.91s
ML-DSA-44: 5.35s
SLH-DSA-128s: 16.3s
SLH-DSA is the hard one (hash-based). It was taking 30+ minutes. RISC Zero's SHA-256 precompile is what brings it down to 16s.
The important part: we did not run these on our own hardware. @0xfourier (GhostProver / NTH MOMENT) benchmarked it independently and the proof artifacts are published. Don't trust the graphic, check the artifacts.
https://t.co/sEmgWuDI9H
https://t.co/BPrOK5psRs
Thanks to @0xfourier and to the crypto interns who worked on this. PQ + ZK, built in the open. #Kaspa $KAS
Also worth noting, the first client of Maat is already live. Nth Moment Protocol: a non-custodial tri-party reverse factoring protocol on Arbitrum, MIT licensed.
https://t.co/OsliCCV9be
https://t.co/8lbcyTSIEu
The Kaspa PQ benchmarks were the first output of something bigger.
Today we compiled the first circuit of Maat, a universal ZK compliance layer for real-world financial instruments.
->Not DeFi primitives.
->Not token mechanics.
Proof that an invoice has never been financed before.
Proof that a borrower has no active insolvency proceedings.
Proof that financials match filed returns.
Without revealing the underlying data to anyone.
The same ZK infrastructure that proved post-quantum signatures on Kaspa in 16 seconds is now being applied to the $7 trillion trade finance market.
Primitives are open. MIT.
https://t.co/pWTD9HUBNT
This is what we're building.
Superb question. Maat's proof layer is chain agnostic. The circuits don't care where the state root lands.
Kaspa's blockDAG is genuinely compelling for proof timestamping @ 1BPS, no single chain bottleneck and the GHOSTDAG ordering gives one a natural audit trail for sequential registration.
Current default is Arbitium (we have existing, supporting contracts on there). Kaspa anchoring is on the roadmap, especially interesting for the invoice uniqueness registry where ordering and timestamp finality matter.
Worth a deeper conversation.
On the prover network side, I run dedicated SP1/RISC Zero back ends for teams hitting exactly this kind of zkVM proving bottleneck. SLH-DSA at 30 mins is brutal on local hardware.
If you want to benchmark on RTX 4090/A6000 infra with optimized CUDA kernels, I'm willing to run a free test proof to see if we can get that under 5 mins. DMs open.
WIESNAR is now live on Giveth.
Open source self custody Ethereum wallet keys stay
on your machine, no browser extension, no company servers.
Even $1 increases our quadratic matching.
https://t.co/IfFT296KXH
#Ethereum#selfcustody#opensource
Just published WIESNAR on Giveth. An open source, self custody, Ethereum wallet built in Rust.
->Keys stay on your machine.
->No browser extension.
->No company servers.
->No trust required.
->Just cryptography.
Even a $1 donation increases our quadratic matching.
https://t.co/zdYsoxtb5h
#Ethereum #selfcustody #opensource #buildinpublic
We've spent 2 weeks tracing the Humanity Protocol
exploit end to end.
What we found goes beyond a North Korean hack.
The on-chain data raises questions nobody is asking.
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We ran 1,494 known exploit wallets through our Sybil detector.
420 scored LIKELY SYBIL. 758 scored LIKELY REAL.
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