Coinbase Establishes Quantum Computing and Blockchain Independent Advisory Board to Address Future Quantum Threats

Jan. 22 — Coinbase today announced the launch of a Quantum Computing and Blockchain Independent Advisory Board to address future quantum threats. Comprising world-renowned experts, the board aims to assess quantum computing’s impact on the blockchain ecosystem and provide clear, independent guidance to the broader community. It will publish a position paper on quantum risk, offering defense recommendations for developers and institutions and real-time analysis of technological breakthroughs. Coinbase noted the board is part of its post-quantum security roadmap, alongside other initiatives: updates to Bitcoin address handling, internal key management systems, and progress on supporting post-quantum signatures (such as ML-DSA) in multi-party computation (MPC) systems. The board is slated to release its first position paper on quantum risk assessment and resilience roadmap early next year. Board members include: - Scott Aaronson, Director of the University of Texas at Austin’s Quantum Information Center - Dan Boneh, Co-Director of Stanford University’s Blockchain Research Center - Justin Drake, Ethereum Foundation Researcher - Sreeram Kannan, EigenLayer Founder - Yehuda Lindell, Coinbase Head of Cryptography - Dahlia Malkhi, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Distributed Systems Expert