The Solana Winternitz Vault is optional, meaning Solana users will need to choose to store their funds in the Winternitz vaults to be quantum-proof.
Solana developers have created a quantum-resistant vault on the Solana blockchain to protect user funds from potential threats posed by quantum computers.
The “Solana Winternitz Vault” solution achieves this by implementing a complex hash-based signature system that generates new keys every time a transaction is made, explained cryptography researcher and Zeus Network chief scientist Dean Little in a Jan. 3 GitHub post.
Generating new private keys for each transaction should make it more difficult for quantum computers to plan a coordinated attack on any given set of public keys, which are exposed each time a transaction is signed.
