Post-Quantum Security & Ethereum’s 2026 Roadmap with Tomasz Stańczak

Описание: In this in-depth session at ETHBoulder, Tomasz Stańczak shares a comprehensive update on the Ethereum Foundation’s 2025 progress and dives deep into one of the most urgent long-term priorities: post-quantum security.

After summarizing major EF initiatives, protocol restructuring, trillion-dollar security, validator strategy, DeFi coordination, L2 alignment, and global hubs, Tomasz explains why quantum resistance is not just a technical issue, but a market confidence issue.

Even if quantum timelines are uncertain, institutions need assurance today.

The session covers:

• Ethereum Foundation 2025 recap
• Protocol cluster restructuring & shipping forks faster
• Treasury policy & validator strategy
• ERC-8004 & agent infrastructure
• DeFi coordination team launch
• Clean Ethereum & roadmap integration
• Why post-quantum matters now
• Institutional anxiety & market signaling
• Bitcoin’s quantum exposure risk
• NIST post-quantum standards timeline
• Harvest-now-decrypt-later threat model
• Falcon & XMSS signature schemes
• Side-channel risks & implementation challenges
• Account migration challenges
• Emergency recovery via seed phrase ZK proofs
• Lean Ethereum roadmap
• Devnets & client interoperability
• Formal verification & bounties
• Multi-year migration strategy

Ethereum isn’t reacting late.

It has already been preparing for years and is integrating quantum resistance directly into the protocol roadmap.

ETHBoulder isn’t just about scaling throughput.
It’s about securing the next decade.

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Timestamps

00:00 – Introduction & Talk Overview
01:00 – Ethereum Foundation 2025 Year in Review
02:30 – Grants, Communication & Institutional Focus
03:40 – Protocol Team Restructure & Shipping Upgrades Faster
04:50 – Security Initiatives & New Teams
05:40 – Treasury Policy, Validators & DeFi Coordination
06:40 – 2026 Strategy & Global Expansion
07:50 – Policy, L2 Ecosystem & Community Growth
09:10 – Transition to Post-Quantum Security Topic
10:00 – Why Post-Quantum Matters for Markets & Institutions
11:20 – Bitcoin & Blockchain Quantum Risk Examples
12:40 – “Harvest Now, Decrypt Later” Threat
13:50 – What Is Actually at Risk on Ethereum
15:00 – Institutional Anxiety & Market Reactions
16:20 – NIST Standards & Timeline Expectations
17:30 – Ethereum Requirements for Quantum Security
18:40 – Falcon Signatures & Cryptography Challenges
19:50 – Side-Channel Risks & Implementation Difficulty
20:50 – XMSS & Consensus Layer Approaches
21:40 – Migrating Existing Accounts Safely
22:50 – Emergency Recovery & Seed Phrase Proofs
23:50 – Implementation, Verification & Ecosystem Migration
24:50 – Misconceptions About the Work
25:30 – Lean Ethereum Roadmap & Devnets
26:30 – Performance Benchmarks & Testing Progress
27:20 – Ongoing Research, Funding & Collaboration
28:07 – Closing