Algorand is now officially #1 in post-quantum across the entire industry 🥇
Over 2.7 MILLION post-quantum transactions on mainnet, more than any other blockchain on the planet.
Others are still talking about the quantum threat. We've been shipping since 2022, and nobody has caught us.
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🧵 1.7 million+ post-quantum transactions.
2,000+ native PQ accounts already signing on mainnet.
And existing users can upgrade without moving a single asset.
@Algorand’s post-quantum story now combines deployment, usage and a practical migration path. 👇
Start with the numbers.
Algorand’s October 15 comparison reports:
Algorand: 1.7M+
NEAR: 3,795
Ethereum: 20
Starknet: 17
Solana: 9
That’s a striking gap in reported PQ transaction counts. The chart measures activity, though—not the security of every layer.
The foundation goes back to 2022.
Algorand introduced Falcon-secured State Proofs to help cryptographically verify its chain history.
Now, native Falcon-1024 accounts bring post-quantum signing directly to account authorization.
Different layers. Progress across both.
And here’s the part that deserves more attention:
How do you upgrade an existing account?
Do users need a new public address?
Move every token?
Leave their account history behind?
On Algorand, rekeying provides a much simpler path.
Rekeying lets an account change its signing authority while keeping its public address.
According to @Algorandexisting accounts can adopt native Falcon-1024 signing with:
• No asset transfers
• No address change
• Their transaction history intact
6/ Think about what that means:
An address people already know can remain the same while the cryptography authorizing its transactions changes.
The assets stay put.
That makes migration part of the protocol’s design—and a meaningful part of the PQ story.
Algorand also reports that 2,000+ native PQ accounts have already signed mainnet transactions.
That adds another dimension to the 1.7M+ transaction figure:
How much activity has occurred, and how many native PQ accounts have participated.
The next milestone is broader.
Algorand’s stated target is full quantum resilience in 2027.
Falcon State Proofs, PQ transactions and native PQ accounts are deployed pieces of that transition. Completing it means addressing the remaining network layers too.
The strongest story here is the combination:
A foundation dating back to 2022.
Reported mainnet usage.
Native PQ account signing.
An upgrade path for existing accounts.
Keep your address.
Keep your assets.
Upgrade your signing.
That’s a PQ story worth following.
Since Google's flagship post-quantum cryptography paper, in which Algorand was mentioned 32 times, many blockchains mentioned have been stacking post-quantum transactions on-chain.
Let's see how they compare.
Q: Going post-quantum means creating a new wallet and moving all your assets, right?
A: Not on Algorand.
Thanks to Algorand's rekeying feature, existing accounts can adopt native Falcon-1024 signing without changing their public address or transferring a single asset.
Your assets stay exactly where they are, your transaction history remains intact, and only the signing authority changes.
All of this is built directly into Algorand's protocol, not through some workaround.
And with 2,000+ native PQ accounts having already signed transactions on mainnet, we're way past the promise stage.
Algorand has this amazing rekeying feature that lets users seamlessly upgrade their existing accounts to PQ signing. How is that NOT a check?
Native PQ accounts are live on mainnet, so you can do this TODAY without changing your address or moving any assets.
Here's the updated version @Starknet, you're welcome!
ALGORAND HAS POST QUANTUM ACCOUNTS
ALGORAND HAS POST QUANTUM ACCOUNTS
ALGORAND HAS POST QUANTUM ACCOUNTS
ALGORAND HAS POST QUANTUM ACCOUNTS
ALGORAND HAS POST QUANTUM ACCOUNTS
ALGORAND HAS POST QUANTUM ACCOUNTS
ALGORAND HAS POST QUANTUM ACCOUNTS
ALGORAND HAS POST QUANTUM ACCOUNTS
ALGORAND HAS POST QUANTUM ACCOUNTS
ALGORAND HAS POST QUANTUM ACCOUNTS
ALGORAND HAS POST QUANTUM ACCOUNTS
ALGORAND HAS POST QUANTUM ACCOUNTS
ALGORAND HAS POST QUANTUM ACCOUNTS
ALGORAND HAS POST QUANTUM ACCOUNTS
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🚨HUGE: Coinbase's quantum advisory council names ALGORAND among the TWO best-positioned blockchains for the quantum era!
And @Algorand is already delivering, with Falcon-1024 quantum resistant accounts LIVE on mainnet!
While much of crypto prepares for tomorrow's threats, $ALGO is building the protection TODAY! 🔥
Whether the threat comes in months or years, the takeaway is the same: cryptographic migrations take time.
That's why Algorand started preparing for a post-quantum world years ago, rather than waiting for Q-Day to arrive.