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The design space for Ethereum's post-quantum transaction signatures
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The design space for Ethereum's post-quantum transaction signatures

This article focuses on the design space of post-quantum solutions for Ethereum users, centered on protecting assets and therefore on the execution layer. Our argument, in short: the best answer here is more than a signature, it's a protocol, a set of choices and Ethereum components that have to work together.

By Matteo Vena, Matteo Vicari, Alessandro Baiocchi33 min read
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Optimized FORS signing through caching

Building a fresh FORS signer on hardware signers can take seconds, stalling the user. The two-forest cache removes that stall by doing the slow work ahead of time, in the background, so the next key is already built when it is needed.

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Post-quantum EVM multisig on a stock Safe

In this article we show a small but useful integration: using NiceTry ERC-4337 accounts as owners of an unmodified Safe multisig. The result is a 2-of-3 Safe operated by FORS+C-authenticated accounts, without teaching the Safe anything about FORS+C.

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NiceTry: A Frame Transaction-ready Post Quantum Wallet

Post-quantum security on EVM chains is increasingly moving through account abstraction. As proposals mature, no other practical path has emerged. While building NiceTry, the reference implementation of our Ephemeral Keys Protocol, we began testing frame [...]

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A Technical Introduction to Ethereum’s Frame Transactions

A frame transaction is an ordered sequence of execution steps, each targeting a contract address, carrying an independent data payload, and operating in a designated mode. The node executes frames sequentially within a single transaction context, while the [...]

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