Tron Networks founder Justin Sun said the company’s post-quantum cryptography was now live on the testnet.
“We are closely monitoring the progress of quantum computing and AI, and we are ready to bring quantum resistance to the mainnet anytime, Sun said in a post Saturday at X.
He added, “We are committed to protecting user assets, and TRON is going to be one of the few major blockchains to be quantum-resistant before Q-Day,” or the day when quantum computing is able to break current security standards.
Coindesk reported on July 28 that blockchain security company AmericanFortress unveiled a cryptographic plan to protect crypto wallets from future quantum attacks without requiring users to move funds, rotate keys or change wallet addresses.
Unlike most proposed post-quantum approaches, AmericanFortress says it allows existing wallet addresses to remain unchanged while adding post-quantum security.
Proposals published in technical papers
The company published the proposal in a technical paper in Cryptography ePrint ArchiveAlthough it has not yet been peer-reviewed.
Developers have increasingly focused on post-quantum cryptography because sufficiently powerful quantum computers could eventually break the elliptic-curve cryptography used to secure Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many other blockchain networks.
Earlier this year, a strategy-led consortium pledged $15 million to fund Bitcoin quantum security research, the Ethereum Foundation revealed in a offer Algorand has outlined plans to migrate accounts to quantum-resistant cryptography and launch quantum-resistant accounts by 2027.
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