The Ethereum community has just introduced a brand-new deposit contract EIP proposal for the post-quantum computing era—an early move to upgrade cryptographic security. This kind of forward-looking approach deserves full marks 👏
Breakdown of the proposal’s core points:
▫️ Introduces a new contract that supports variable-length public keys and credential metadata, adds a clearly defined scheme identifier (scheme 0 is reserved for the current BLS deposits)
▫️ No longer relies on the old deposit contract’s Merkle tree structure; instead, uses the log-derived execution requests from EIP-7685 to pass deposit information to the consensus layer—making the architecture simpler and more efficient
▫️ Establishes an irreversible transition mechanism: deposits are initially disabled; BLS deposits are enabled first according to a time window; after expiry, BLS deposits are permanently disabled—the switch is clear and controllable
▫️ During the migration phase, client-side execution must merge and handle deposit requests for both the new and old contracts to ensure a smooth transition
With the threat from quantum computing getting closer step by step, the Ethereum community has proactively kicked off a foundational security upgrade early, laying the groundwork for long-term ecosystem security. This is exactly the kind of top-tier long-termism that should exist.
What do you think about Ethereum’s advance planning for the post-quantum era? Share your views in the comments below 👇
#以太坊 #EIP #post-quantum computing
Breakdown of the proposal’s core points:
▫️ Introduces a new contract that supports variable-length public keys and credential metadata, adds a clearly defined scheme identifier (scheme 0 is reserved for the current BLS deposits)
▫️ No longer relies on the old deposit contract’s Merkle tree structure; instead, uses the log-derived execution requests from EIP-7685 to pass deposit information to the consensus layer—making the architecture simpler and more efficient
▫️ Establishes an irreversible transition mechanism: deposits are initially disabled; BLS deposits are enabled first according to a time window; after expiry, BLS deposits are permanently disabled—the switch is clear and controllable
▫️ During the migration phase, client-side execution must merge and handle deposit requests for both the new and old contracts to ensure a smooth transition
With the threat from quantum computing getting closer step by step, the Ethereum community has proactively kicked off a foundational security upgrade early, laying the groundwork for long-term ecosystem security. This is exactly the kind of top-tier long-termism that should exist.
What do you think about Ethereum’s advance planning for the post-quantum era? Share your views in the comments below 👇
#以太坊 #EIP #post-quantum computing