Developers behind the Tezos ecosystem launched a testnet prototype for private blockchain payments designed to resist future quantum computing attacks, as concerns grow that advances in quantum technology could eventually compromise existing blockchain privacy systems. The prototype, called TzEL, uses post-quantum cryptography and zk-STARK proofs to shield transaction data and encrypted payment metadata that could otherwise be vulnerable to โharvest now, decrypt laterโ attacks, where encrypted blockchain data collected today is decrypted in the future, according to Tezos. The prototype also uses Tezosโ Data Availability Layer to handle the larger…
Tezos Developers Test quantum-Resistant Blockchain Privacy System
