The Hardy Index Quantum readiness benchmark

Profiles

Chain profiles

One profile per rated chain, grouped by readiness tier. Each carries the full score breakdown, a sourced roadmap, an exposure assessment and a direct answer to the question people actually ask.

Tier 1: Native

2 chains

Post-quantum secure at mainnet today, with quantum-resistant signatures built in from genesis.

  • Quantum Resistant Ledger QRL

    Native 92.0

    The only chain in the index where a post-quantum signature is mandatory for every account on mainnet, and has been since 2018.

  • Abelian ABEL

    Native 84.5

    A lattice-based privacy chain that has run post-quantum signatures and key encapsulation on mainnet since 2022, built on primitives inspired by CRYSTALS-Dilithium and Kyber.

Tier 2: Shipping

3 chains

Post-quantum signature features are live on mainnet and a migration for existing holders is underway.

  • Nervos CKB CKB

    Shipping 75.5

    An audited SPHINCS+ lock script is deployed on CKB mainnet, so users can hold funds under a NIST-standardised post-quantum signature today without a hard fork.

  • Algorand ALGO

    Shipping 74.5

    Falcon-signed State Proofs have secured Algorand's history since 2022 and Falcon-signed transactions have run on mainnet since November 2025, with broad resilience targeted for end-2027.

  • Solana SOL

    Shipping 54.5

    A quantum-resistant Winternitz vault has run on Solana mainnet for over two years, but protocol-level migration to Falcon is explicitly conditional and carries no published dates.

Tier 3: Committed

9 chains

A funded roadmap with public dates and active research exists, but no post-quantum signature is live on mainnet.

  • XRP Ledger XRP

    Committed 46.5

    A dated four-phase roadmap targets full post-quantum transition by 2028, with ML-DSA already deployed on AlphaNet and a Q-Day contingency plan defined.

  • Sui SUI

    Committed 45.5

    Committed in August 2026 to two finalised NIST schemes, with a migration path that lets existing accounts move to quantum-safe keys without changing their addresses.

  • Hedera HBAR

    Committed 42.0

    Published a phased post-quantum migration roadmap in April 2026, targeting a new post-quantum key type for users in 2027 with existing keys continuing to work.

  • Stellar XLM

    Committed 41.0

    A published Quantum Preparedness Plan whose first stage adds ML-DSA verification to Soroban as native host functions, letting contract accounts authenticate with quantum-safe keys.

  • Zcash ZEC

    Committed 41.0

    Privacy is not quantum safety: Zcash spends are authorised by elliptic-curve signatures, though ZIP 2005 adds a quantum recovery path for shielded notes ahead of a full transition.

  • Aptos APT

    Committed 40.5

    Proposed SLH-DSA-SHA2-128s for transaction signatures as an opt-in scheme, accepting signatures 82 times larger than Ed25519 in exchange for minimal new security assumptions.

  • Polkadot DOT

    Committed 40.5

    The Web3 Foundation published a post-quantum roadmap covering Polkadot and JAM, naming Dilithium for consensus signatures and Falcon for accounts.

  • Ethereum ETH

    Committed 40.0

    A dedicated Ethereum Foundation post-quantum team formed in January 2026, with hash-based validator signatures in weekly devnets and core infrastructure targeted for around 2029.

  • Cardano ADA

    Committed 37.5

    Cardano Vision 2026 makes post-quantum security one of three strategic pillars, with named research deliverables running from primitive assessment to a published migration SIP.

Tier 4: Debating

4 chains

The threat is acknowledged and proposals exist, but there is no consensus and no published timeline.

  • BNB Chain BNB

    Debating 22.5

    Tested ML-DSA-44 signatures on its own network and published the cost honestly: throughput fell around 40 per cent and blocks grew nearly eighteenfold.

  • IOTA IOTA

    Debating 21.0

    Widely described as quantum-resistant on the strength of a scheme it removed in 2021; IOTA's layer 1 has signed with Ed25519 since Chrysalis and post-quantum support exists only in IOTA Identity.

  • Tron TRX

    Debating 18.5

    Signs with ECDSA on secp256k1 and has announced an intention to deploy NIST post-quantum signatures on mainnet, but we could not confirm dated milestones from a primary source.

  • Bitcoin BTC

    Debating 17.0

    Two post-quantum BIPs reached Draft status in February 2026, but neither introduces a post-quantum signature, no activation path is agreed, and roughly a third of supply sits in addresses with exposed public keys.

Tier 5: Exposed

5 chains

The signatures securing funds on mainnet today are quantum-vulnerable, and no public post-quantum plan, proposal or research programme could be found.

  • TON TON

    Exposed 13.0

    Signs with Ed25519 and has no published post-quantum roadmap, though its wallet-as-smart-contract model means a new signature scheme could be adopted without changing the protocol.

  • Litecoin LTC

    Exposed 12.5

    A Bitcoin-derived chain using ECDSA on secp256k1 with no published post-quantum roadmap, though its MWEB soft fork proves it can enact consensus changes Bitcoin has not managed.

  • Dogecoin DOGE

    Exposed 11.0

    A Bitcoin-derived chain using ECDSA on secp256k1, with no published post-quantum roadmap and the same governance difficulty Bitcoin faces without the same research effort.

  • Avalanche AVAX

    Exposed 10.5

    Signs with ECDSA on secp256k1 across its chains, with no published post-quantum roadmap found at the time of writing.

  • Hyperliquid HYPE

    Exposed 7.0

    Authenticates with ECDSA on secp256k1 through EIP-712 typed-data signing, with no published post-quantum roadmap found despite very large open interest.

The ranked table of all 23 chains is on the index. The rubric behind every score is on the methodology page.

This is a security-readiness assessment, not investment advice.