Quantum Vulnerable Cryptocurrencies

Every major cryptocurrency uses classical cryptography that Shor's algorithm will break. We analyzed 100 coins against NIST post-quantum cryptography standards. Only one passed.

100 Coins Analyzed
99 Quantum Vulnerable
1 Quantum Safe
1inch VULNERABLE Aave VULNERABLE Algorand VULNERABLE Ankr VULNERABLE Aptos VULNERABLE Arbitrum VULNERABLE Arweave VULNERABLE Audius VULNERABLE Avalanche VULNERABLE Axie Infinity VULNERABLE Beam VULNERABLE Bitcoin VULNERABLE Bitcoin Cash VULNERABLE Bittensor VULNERABLE BNB VULNERABLE Cardano VULNERABLE Celo VULNERABLE Chainlink VULNERABLE Civic VULNERABLE Compound VULNERABLE Cosmos VULNERABLE COTI VULNERABLE Cronos VULNERABLE Curve VULNERABLE Dash VULNERABLE Decentraland VULNERABLE Dent VULNERABLE DigiByte VULNERABLE Dogecoin VULNERABLE MultiversX VULNERABLE Enjin VULNERABLE EOS VULNERABLE Ethereum VULNERABLE Ethereum Classic VULNERABLE Fantom VULNERABLE Fetch.ai VULNERABLE Filecoin VULNERABLE Flow VULNERABLE Gala VULNERABLE Golem VULNERABLE Harmony VULNERABLE Hedera VULNERABLE Holo VULNERABLE Holochain VULNERABLE ICON VULNERABLE Immutable VULNERABLE Injective VULNERABLE IOTA VULNERABLE Kaspa VULNERABLE Kava VULNERABLE Kusama VULNERABLE Kyber Network VULNERABLE Litecoin VULNERABLE Livepeer VULNERABLE Loom VULNERABLE Loopring VULNERABLE Maker VULNERABLE Monero VULNERABLE NEAR VULNERABLE NEO VULNERABLE Nervos VULNERABLE Numeraire VULNERABLE Ocean VULNERABLE OKB VULNERABLE Ontology VULNERABLE Optimism VULNERABLE Pepe VULNERABLE Polkadot VULNERABLE Qtum VULNERABLE Ravencoin VULNERABLE Render VULNERABLE Request VULNERABLE Reserve Rights VULNERABLE The Sandbox VULNERABLE Secret VULNERABLE Sei VULNERABLE Shiba Inu VULNERABLE Siacoin VULNERABLE SKALE VULNERABLE Solana VULNERABLE Stacks VULNERABLE Status VULNERABLE Stellar VULNERABLE Storj VULNERABLE Sui VULNERABLE SushiSwap VULNERABLE Synthetix VULNERABLE Tether VULNERABLE Theta VULNERABLE Tron VULNERABLE Uniswap VULNERABLE VeChain VULNERABLE Verge VULNERABLE Waves VULNERABLE WAX VULNERABLE WINk VULNERABLE XRP VULNERABLE Yearn Finance VULNERABLE Zcash VULNERABLE Zilliqa VULNERABLE

All 100 chains at a glance

Every chain below signs transactions with an elliptic-curve scheme. 80 use ECDSA on secp256k1 (the Bitcoin lineage) and 20 use EdDSA on Ed25519 (the Solana / Cardano lineage). Both rest on the discrete-logarithm problem, which Shor’s algorithm solves in polynomial time on a sufficiently large fault-tolerant quantum computer. The distinction between the two families matters for migration cost, not for whether they fall: they fall together.

What differs per chain is exposure. A chain whose addresses reveal the public key on-chain (reused addresses, most smart-contract platforms) is exposed to “harvest now, decrypt later” today. A chain that only reveals the key at spend time narrows the window to the confirmation delay. Neither is safe; one is merely later.

ChainTickerSignature schemeQuantum status
1inch1INCHECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
AaveAAVEECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
AlgorandALGOEdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
AnkrANKRECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
AptosAPTEdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
ArbitrumARBECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
ArweaveAREdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
AudiusAUDIOECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
AvalancheAVAXECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
Axie InfinityAXSECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
BeamBEAMEdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
BitcoinBTCECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
Bitcoin CashBCHECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
BittensorTAOECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
BNBBNBECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
CardanoADAEdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
CeloCELOECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
ChainlinkLINKECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
CivicCVCECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
CompoundCOMPECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
CosmosATOMEdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
COTICOTIECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
CronosCROECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
CurveCRVECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
DashDASHECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
DecentralandMANAECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
DentDENTECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
DigiByteDGBECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
DogecoinDOGEECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
EnjinENJECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
EOSEOSECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
EthereumETHECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
Ethereum ClassicETCECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
FantomFTMECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
Fetch.aiFETECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
FilecoinFILECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
FlowFLOWECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
GalaGALAECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
GolemGLMECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
HarmonyONEECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
HederaHBAREdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
HoloHOTEdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
HolochainHOTEdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
ICONICXECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
ImmutableIMXECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
InjectiveINJECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
IOTAIOTAEdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
KaspaKASECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
KavaKAVAECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
KusamaKSMEdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
Kyber NetworkKNCECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
LitecoinLTCECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
LivepeerLPTECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
Loom NetworkLOOMECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
LoopringLRCECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
MakerMKRECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
MoneroXMREdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
MultiversXEGLDEdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
NEAR ProtocolNEAREdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
NEONEOECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
NervosCKBECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
NumeraireNMRECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
Ocean ProtocolOCEANECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
OKBOKBECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
OntologyONTECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
OptimismOPECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
PepePEPEECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
PolkadotDOTEdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
QtumQTUMECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
RavencoinRVNECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
RenderRNDRECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
RequestREQECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
Reserve RightsRSRECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
Secret NetworkSCRTECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
SeiSEIECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
Shiba InuSHIBECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
SiacoinSCEdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
SKALESKLECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
SolanaSOLEdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
StacksSTXECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
StatusSNTECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
StellarXLMEdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
StorjSTORJECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
SuiSUIEdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
SushiSwapSUSHIECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
SynthetixSNXECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
TetherUSDTECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
The SandboxSANDECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
ThetaTHETAECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
TronTRXECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
UniswapUNIECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
VeChainVETECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
VergeXVGECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
WavesWAVESEdDSA (Ed25519)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
WAXWAXPECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
WINkLinkWINECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
XRPXRPECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
Yearn FinanceYFIECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
ZcashZECECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm
ZilliqaZILECDSA (secp256k1)Broken by Shor’s algorithm

Verdicts derive from each chain’s published signature scheme. A chain that ships a NIST-standardized post-quantum signature (FIPS 204 ML-DSA, FIPS 205 SLH-DSA) as its default would leave this table; as of this page’s last update, none of the 100 has.

The Only Quantum-Safe Cryptocurrency

SynergyX (SYNX) uses NIST Kyber-768 (FIPS 203) + SPHINCS+ (FIPS 205) from genesis block 1. No migration needed. No legacy exposure. Download the wallet.

Frequently asked questions

Which cryptocurrencies are vulnerable to quantum computers?
Every cryptocurrency using ECDSA (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, BNB) or Ed25519 (Solana, Cardano, Monero) is vulnerable to Shor's algorithm on a quantum computer. Only SynergyX uses NIST-standardized post-quantum cryptography (Kyber-768 + SPHINCS+) from genesis block 1.
When will quantum computers break crypto?
NIST estimates cryptographically relevant quantum computers could arrive between 2029 and 2035. Nation-states are already executing Harvest Now, Decrypt Later attacks — recording encrypted blockchain traffic today for future decryption.
What is the only quantum-safe cryptocurrency?
SynergyX (SYNX) is the only Layer-1 cryptocurrency with NIST FIPS 203 (Kyber-768) and FIPS 205 (SPHINCS+) implemented from genesis block 1. Every other major cryptocurrency requires a quantum migration that has not been planned or tested.
How do I protect my crypto from quantum attacks?
The only complete protection is migrating to a natively quantum-resistant cryptocurrency like SynergyX. Short-term measures include never reusing addresses and minimizing time funds spend in addresses with exposed public keys.