Buterin Proposes Project to Reduce Quantum-Attack Costs on Ethereum
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a new project to reduce the cost of quantum-attack resistant transactions. The proposal, known as EIP-8288, would move signatures and cryptographic proofs outside of Ethereum's core execution process, combining them with recursive STARK proofs within the mempool.
This is intended to significantly reduce both on-chain computational load and data costs. According to Buterin, the system could offer significant advantages, particularly in terms of quantum secure signatures and privacy-focused protocols.
The current cost of quantum secure privacy transactions can reach approximately 10 million Gases, but with EIP-8288, it is projected to decrease to only tens of thousands of Gases. This proposal aims to pave the way for next-generation signature or proof-of-work systems like Falcon and ML-DSA without requiring any changes to the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).
Buterin also noted that this approach could contribute to making the RISC-V architecture the standard instruction set for recursive STARK transactions in the Ethereum ecosystem. If EIP-8288 is included in the I-star upgrade, it will represent a significant step forward for Ethereum's long-term quantum resilience and privacy infrastructure.