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Bittensor Launches Quantum-Resistant Wallet With Post-Quantum Signatures

The Opentensor Foundation said Bittensor has launched a quantum-resistant wallet offering post-quantum signatures and automatic signing-key rotation. The wallet supports ML-DSA-65, Falcon-512 and Falcon-1024, with ML-DSA-65 already standardized by NIST. After a signed transaction is recorded on-chain, automatic rotation switches the wallet to a new signing key while the address, balance and stake remain unchanged. It covers both coldkeys and hotkeys, including TAO transfers, staking and validator weight setting.

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Quantum resistance has mostly been a theoretical talking point in crypto, so a live implementation on Bittensor moves it into operational reality — with key rotation as the practical detail that limits exposure from any single compromised key. The immediate effect lands on TAO holders, stakers and validators using coldkeys and hotkeys, whose signing routine changes while addresses and balances stay put. The open question is adoption: whether other networks treat post-quantum signatures as a baseline expectation or a niche add-on, and whether key rotation proves workable in day-to-day staking and validator operations.

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