🚨 $NEAR IS TAKING ITS NEXT STEP TOWARD QUANTUM-SAFE INFRASTRUCTURE — AND 2027 COULD BE AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE. 👀

$NEAR has already shipped NIST-approved quantum-safe signing on mainnet in July.

Users can rotate their keys in one transaction — no new account and no need to move funds. 🔐

But the bigger challenge is still ahead:

⚙️ Validator consensus.

The team says current post-quantum cryptography is still too heavy for consensus, with a directional target around late 2027, not a locked date.

There’s also another difficult piece:

🔐 Quantum-safe MPC / threshold signing for Chain Signatures across 30+ chains.

No candidate has been selected for that yet.

Ledger and other wallets are also being prepared to support the larger keys.

So the interesting part isn’t just what $NEAR , has already shipped — it’s whether the network can extend quantum resistance into its consensus and cross-chain infrastructure.

🔥 NOW THE QUESTION: CAN $NEAR TURN ITS CURRENT QUANTUM-SAFE SIGNING INTO FULL NETWORK-LEVEL PROTECTION BY 2027 — OR WILL THE CONSENSUS CHALLENGE TAKE LONGER THAN EXPECTED? 👀

🟢 2027 MILESTONE REACHED
🔴 DELAYED
👀 TOO EARLY TO TELL

WHICH ONE ARE YOU WATCHING? 👇