LayerZero Labs has introduced Aerie, a new research system built with the a16z Crypto research team, Carnegie Mellon University, and Imperial College London to improve the efficiency of post-quantum cryptographic signature aggregation. According to the announcement, Aerie is built on Akita, the team’s earlier lattice-based polynomial commitment scheme. In benchmark results shared by LayerZero, the system aggregated 32,768 Falcon-512 signatures in 0.65 seconds on a MacBook Pro equipped with an Apple M4 Max chip, using 16 CPU cores and no GPU acceleration, with peak memory usage of about 2.1 GiB. LayerZero said that compared with its earlier Orthus design, Aerie delivers roughly 1.5x faster proof generation, 38x faster verification, and proof sizes that are about 1.7x smaller. The company also said Aerie supports aggregation for ML-DSA, the signature scheme standardized by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, though related performance data has not yet been released. The research is aimed at giving blockchains a path toward low-latency, post-quantum-secure consensus without specialized hardware.
LayerZero Labs, together with the a16z Crypto research team, Carnegie Mellon University, and Imperial College London, has released a new research project called Aerie, designed to improve the efficiency of post-quantum cryptographic signature aggregation.
According to the project description, Aerie is built on Akita, the lattice-based polynomial commitment scheme introduced earlier by the team.
Performance figures released by LayerZero
LayerZero said Aerie was able to aggregate 32,768 Falcon-512 signatures in 0.65 seconds on a MacBook Pro powered by an Apple M4 Max chip, using 16 CPU cores and no GPU acceleration. Peak memory usage was about 2.1 GiB.
Comparison with Orthus
The company said that, compared with its earlier Orthus scheme, Aerie improves proof generation speed by about 1.5x, boosts verification speed by 38x, and reduces proof size by about 1.7x.
Support for an NIST-standardized signature scheme
In addition to Falcon-512, Aerie also supports aggregation for ML-DSA, the signature scheme standardized by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, with detailed performance data to be released later.
The research is intended to provide a technical path for blockchains seeking low-latency, post-quantum-secure consensus without requiring specialized hardware.
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