Sui plans NIST-standard quantum-safe accounts, targets mainnet rollout in 2026–2027
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Sui plans a phased rollout of post-quantum account security using NIST-standard signatures: ML-DSA-65 for native accounts and SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s via Move contracts for high-value vaults. The design targets "harvest now, forge later" risks while minimizing migration friction by deriving new keys from existing recovery phrases and enabling key rotation without asset transfers. Larger signatures may raise transaction overhead, so adoption remains optional.
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Sui plans to add an ML-DSA-65 signature option that follows NIST’s FIPS 204 standard as a native feature for regular accounts, while deploying SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s via Move smart contracts for high-value vaults. Quantum-safe vaults are expected to reach mainnet during 2026, with native ML-DSA-65 accounts targeted for testnet before the end of the year and mainnet account authentication in the first quarter of 2027. The network says it is preparing for a “harvest now, forge later” threat, in which attackers stockpile public-key data for future quantum attacks.
