Solana Foundation Vice President of Technology Jacob Creech said Solana users would not need to enter a "bunker mode" even if the timeline for quantum computing accelerates or AI enables a "classical attack." In a post on X, Creech said Solana uses Ed25519 and that each signing key is hash-derived from a secret seed. Under that setup, even if a quantum or classical attack were able to break the curve, the exposed material would be the derived key rather than the seed itself, because the seed never appears on-chain.
The comments came after earlier remarks cited by Foresight News from Ethereum researcher Justin Drake, who urged the blockchain industry to calmly begin planning for a "bunker mode." Drake suggested that assets could be moved in an orderly way to new addresses where the public key remains hidden behind a hash, with large holders potentially taking priority. He said AI’s potential impact on private keys and ECDSA security could arrive before the threat from quantum computing.
Solana Foundation Vice President of Technology Jacob Creech said in a post on X that Solana users would not need to enter a "bunker mode" like users on some other networks, even if the timeline for quantum computing moves forward or AI enables a "classical attack."
Creech said Solana uses Ed25519, with each signing key hash-derived from a secret seed. Even if a quantum or classical attack were to break the elliptic curve, what would be exposed is the derived key rather than the seed itself, he said, because the seed never appears on-chain.
Earlier, according to Foresight News, Ethereum researcher Justin Drake had called on the blockchain industry to calmly begin planning for a "bunker mode." He also suggested an orderly migration of assets to new addresses where the public key remains hidden behind a hash, with large asset holders as a possible priority group. Drake said AI’s potential impact on private keys and the security of ECDSA could arrive before the threat posed by quantum computing.
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