The Ethereum Foundation has subsequently made quantum security central to the network’s long-term roadmap, announcing the creation of a dedicated post-quantum (PQ) team.

The new team will be led by Thomas Kuratjer, a cryptographic engineer at the Ethereum Foundation, with support from Emil, a cryptographer closely associated with LENVM. According to To crypto researcher Justin Drake.

“After years of quiet R&D, EF management has officially made PQ Security a top strategic priority,” Drake said in a post Saturday on X.

The researcher described LeanVM, a specialized, minimal zero-knowledge-proof virtual machine (ZKVM) as a fundamental building block of Ethereum (ETH)’s post-op strategy.

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EF Developer Session, Backs PostQuantum Push with Funding

Drake outlined several near-term initiatives aimed at ecosystem readiness. A bi-weekly developer session focused on post-quantum transactions is scheduled to begin next month, led by Ethereum researcher Antonio Sanso. Sessions will focus on user-facing security, including protocol-level cryptographic tools, account abstraction paths and long-term work on collecting transaction signatures using LAENVM.

The Ethereum Foundation is also supporting its push with new funding. Drake announced a $1 million Poseidon prize for stabilizing the Poseidon hash function, as well as what is known as the Proximity Prize, both of which aim to advance post-quantum cryptography.

On the engineering front, Drake said multi-client post-quantum consensus development networks are already live, with multiple teams participating and coordinating through weekly interoperability calls.

Additionally, the foundation will host a dedicated post-quantum event in October, followed by a post-quantum day ahead of an ETHCC in late March. Educational efforts, including video content and aimed at businesses, are also ongoing.

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Creates a coin baseboard to assess quantum risks

The announcement comes amid heightened sensitivity to quantum risk in crypto markets. On Wednesday, Coinbase revealed that it has established an independent advisory board to assess how advances in quantum computing could impact the cryptography that powers major blockchain networks, including Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum.