Overview
- Thomas Coratger leads the new Post-Quantum team with support from Emile, positioning leanVM as the cryptographic cornerstone of Ethereum’s plan.
- Multi-client post-quantum consensus devnets are live, with weekly interoperability calls, and biweekly developer sessions on PQ transactions led by Antonio Sanso begin next month.
- The Ethereum Foundation is funding two $1 million programs—the Poseidon Prize and the Proximity Prize—to harden hash-based primitives and spur broader PQ research.
- A public roadmap, a Post-Quantum Day before EthCC in March, and a three-day workshop in October will anchor education and coordination, alongside a planned video series and enterprise materials.
- EF says the transition targets user-facing defenses and a no-funds-lost, no-downtime rollout, even as many Bitcoin developers continue to view the quantum threat as distant.