{
  "title": "Post-quantum blockchain roles and their evidence boundaries",
  "article": "https://synxcrypto.com/articles/quantum-blockchain-authorization-map.php#comparison-table",
  "reviewed": "2026-09-21",
  "scope": "Editorial reference table; not a SYNX laboratory measurement. Preserve qualifiers in each row.",
  "columns": [
    "Protocol role",
    "Evidence to attach",
    "What the role does not establish"
  ],
  "rows": [
    [
      "Transaction signature",
      "Signature scheme and the data it authenticates",
      "Encrypted communications or correct consensus behavior"
    ],
    [
      "Key establishment",
      "KEM specification and the shared-secret role",
      "Authorization to spend an asset"
    ],
    [
      "Network validation",
      "Rules for accepting signed transactions",
      "That every wallet release implements the rules correctly"
    ],
    [
      "Recovery",
      "Documented path for restoring the relevant keys and authority",
      "Protection from every device or backup failure"
    ],
    [
      "Release implementation",
      "The release-specific evidence being evaluated",
      "Independent verification merely because a standard is named"
    ]
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://synxcrypto.com/whitepaper.php",
      "label": "SYNX whitepaper: specified algorithm roles"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/fips/203/final",
      "label": "NIST FIPS 203: key encapsulation"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/fips/205/final",
      "label": "NIST FIPS 205: digital signatures"
    }
  ]
}