Solana clients Anza and Firedancer introduce post-quantum solution Falcon

Jump Crypto, the team behind Firedancer, said Falcon has the smallest signature among NIST standards, which could help preserve Solana’s high-throughput capabilities.

Two of Solana’s most-used validator clients have implemented a test version of a new post-quantum signature solution, Falcon, to help prepare the Solana network for future quantum threats.

In an announcement on Monday, Anza and Firedancer said Falcon is built for “high-throughput blockchain use” and that it can be activated “if and when the time comes” — an apparent reference to Q-Day, the point at which quantum computers become powerful enough to break public-key encryption.

Source: Solana Foundation

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