POST-QUANTUM PROTOCOL · SOLANA MAINNETProtected by 34-Chain SHA-256 One-Time Signatures (RFC 8554 LM-OTS) · Immutable Custody.Security boundaries
ARCHITECTURE & VISION6 STAGES OF POST-QUANTUM ENGINEERING

The Vision & Roadmap.Gates, not dates.

Quantum Safe is engineered in six sequential cryptographic stages—building from a zero-curve RFC 8554 SHA-256 signing core to an immutable Solana mainnet airlock, offline recovery kits, real-time breach telemetry, automated terminal profit sweeping, and dedicated air-gapped hardware.

STAGES LIVE04 / 06
HASH CHAINS34 × SHA-256
ADMIN KEYS0 (RENOUNCED)
STANDARDRFC 8554 LM-OTS
Quantum Safe Architecture TelemetryMAINNET LIVE
QUANTUM SAFE · ARCHITECTURE PIPELINE

five-Stage Custody Architecture

From read-only withdrawal monitoring to air-gapped offline SHA-256 key generation and terminal sweep hooks.

STAGE 01
QUANTUM WATCH (LIVE)
STAGE 02
OFFLINE KEYGEN (LIVE)
STAGE 03
RFC 8554 VECTORS (VERIFIED)
STAGE 04
HARDWARE SIGNER SPEC
PHASE_01 :: Read-only RPC withdrawal monitor & desktop alert daemon
PHASE_02 :: Air-gapped scrypt + AES-256-GCM recovery kit generator
PHASE_03 :: Full 34-chain SHA-256 on-chain verification engine
PHASE_04 :: Dedicated offline LM-OTS hardware signing firmware
01 / THE VISIONWHY QUANTUM SAFE EXISTS · THE POST-ELLIPTIC ERA

Built for today’s drainers.
Engineered for tomorrow’s quantum horizon.

On-chain self-custody is entering its third architectural era—moving beyond raw seed phrases and elliptic-curve signatures to deterministic, one-way SHA-256 settlement vaults.

PILLAR I · THE PRESENT CRISIS

Decoupling Execution Speed from Sovereign Custody

Active Solana traders need sub-second execution, which forces hot wallets to keep Ed25519 private keys live in memory. In that environment, a single malicious signature, fake airdrop claim, or supply-chain exploit drains 100% of a wallet in 400ms. Quantum Safe solves this structurally: your hot wallet remains light and fast for trading, while realized capital is swept through a one-way cryptographic valve that your wallet key can never open.

PILLAR II · THE QUANTUM HORIZON

Post-Elliptic Security Anchored Purely in SHA-256

Every standard wallet on Solana, Ethereum, and Bitcoin relies on elliptic-curve cryptography (Ed25519 / secp256k1). Once a wallet sends a transaction, its public key is permanently exposed on-chain—making long-term vaults vulnerable to Shor’s algorithm on future fault-tolerant quantum computers. Quantum Safe removes elliptic curves from vault authority entirely, using RFC 8554 Leighton-Micali One-Time Signatures (LM-OTS) where security depends strictly on reversing 256-bit SHA-256 hash chains.

PILLAR III · IMMUTABLE LONGEVITY

Zero Admin Keys, Zero Custodians, Infinite Survival

A vault is only as strong as its governance boundary. If a protocol has an upgrade authority, a multisig council, or a centralized backend, it has a single point of failure. Quantum Safe is deployed on Solana mainnet with upgrade authority permanently renounced. Even if this website vanished tomorrow, your offline Recovery Kit and the standalone single-file CLI operate directly against Solana validators forever.

02 / STAGES OF BUILDINGCOMPLETE ENGINEERING PIPELINE (STAGES 01 – 06)

Every stage of building.
Verified on-chain.

We do not ship vaporware or arbitrary calendar promises. Each stage unlocks only when the underlying SHA-256 invariants, test vectors, and mainnet verifiers are complete.

  1. STAGE 01 · CRYPTOGRAPHIC FOUNDATIONComplete · Verified

    Stage 01. RFC 8554 LM-OTS SHA-256 Engine.

    Built from scratch in pure Rust and TypeScript with zero elliptic-curve dependencies. Implements Leighton-Micali One-Time Signatures (LM-OTS_SHA256_N32_W8) using 34 parallel 256-bit SHA-256 hash chains.

    • Deterministic 34-chain Winternitz (w=8) SHA-256 signing & verification crate (qsafe-lmots)
    • 1,124-byte signature verifier binding asset, amount, destination, generation epoch, and Solana genesis hash
    • Full RFC 8554 test vector suite with bit-flip and preimage boundary fuzzing
    • Single-use key retirement with automatic next-generation root commitment on every spend
    Inspect RFC 8554 Specification →
    STAGE 01 · RFC 8554 ENGINE34 × 256-BIT CHAINS
    12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
    LM-OTS_SHA256_N32_W8 · ZERO CURVES
  2. STAGE 02 · ON-CHAIN SETTLEMENTComplete · Mainnet Live

    Stage 02. Immutable Solana Airlock & Timelock PDA.

    Deployed to Solana mainnet with upgrade authority permanently renounced. Separates hot-wallet deposits from cold SHA-256 withdrawals through an on-chain one-way cryptographic valve.

    • Mainnet program (DGXACBwbUqRKRVR1TQojZBoRuV2TZJ8wVnQSuLKm2nJJ) with 0 admin keys
    • One-way deposit airlock: any Solana wallet or DEX can sweep SOL & SPL tokens in
    • Up to 4 whitelisted hardware cold pockets for 0-second instant withdrawals
    • Configurable 1h–7d timelock countdown for unknown addresses + 1-click Stop File cancellation
    Verify Mainnet Bytecode →
    STAGE 02 · SOLANA AIRLOCKMAINNET PDA
    PROGRAM IDDGXACB…m2nJJ
    UPGRADE AUTHRENOUNCED (NONE)
    DEPOSIT VALVEANY WALLET → PDA
    WITHDRAW GATE1,124B LM-OTS ONLY
  3. STAGE 03 · SOVEREIGN SELF-CUSTODYComplete · Live

    Stage 03. Air-Gapped Recovery Kit & Standalone CLI.

    Client-side offline key generation and emergency rotation tools so users never rely on a centralized server or third-party custodian to access or rescue their vaulted capital.

    • In-browser air-gapped Recovery Kit generator encrypted via scrypt (N=32768) + AES-256-GCM
    • Pre-signed emergency Stop File generator to freeze & rotate compromised Day Keys in one click
    • Single-file zero-dependency Node.js CLI (qsafe-cli.mjs) for direct RPC interaction
    • Read-only Wallet Exposure Scanner (/check) & interactive Breach Simulator (/demo)
    Open Offline Key Generator →
    STAGE 03 · OFFLINE KEYGENAIR-GAPPED KIT
    KDF ENGINEscrypt (N=32768)
    CIPHERAES-256-GCM
    STOP FILEPRE-SIGNED CANCEL
    CLI RUNTIMEqsafe-cli.mjs
  4. STAGE 04 · REAL-TIME TELEMETRYLive · Expanding

    Stage 04. Quantum Watch & Breach Alert Daemon.

    Read-only monitoring infrastructure that watches your Quantum Safe PDA on Solana mainnet 24/7 while holding zero private keys—alerting you the second a timelocked withdrawal is announced.

    • Browser extension & read-only RPC polling daemon with zero signing permissions
    • Instant desktop & webhook notifications when a withdrawal enters the 24-hour countdown
    • Direct Stop File broadcast shortcut to cancel unauthorized pulls and burn stolen Day Keys
    • Deterministic build manifest for reproducible extension verification
    Open Quantum Watch →
    STAGE 04 · QUANTUM WATCHSLOT #318492000
    VAULT PDA MONITOR0 KEYS HELD · READ-ONLYSEALED
    ANNOUNCE WATCHER24H COUNTDOWN HOOKARMED
  5. STAGE 05 · ECOSYSTEM & TERMINAL HOOKSIn Development

    Stage 05. Trading Terminal & Bot Auto-Sweep SDK.

    Direct Cross-Program Invocation (CPI) hooks and TypeScript SDK adapters for Solana trading terminals, DEX aggregators, and sniper bots—turning profit taking into automatic post-quantum custody.

    • 1-click 'Sweep Profit to Quantum Safe' SDK widget for web trading terminals
    • Automated post-trade PnL sweep rules (e.g., auto-vault 75% of realized SOL wins)
    • AI trading agent custody rails: agents trade with hot keys while profits lock in SHA-256
    • Open developer integration docs & composable Anchor CPI helpers
    Explore Terminal Integration →
    STAGE 05 · TERMINAL SWEEPAUTO-AIRLOCK
    TRADE PNL+12.5 SOL
    SWEEP HOOK1-CLICK / AUTO CPI
    DESTINATIONQuantumSafe PDA
    ZERO PRIVATE KEY EXPOSURE
  6. STAGE 06 · HARDWARE & MULTI-TREE HORIZONFuture Horizon

    Stage 06. Dedicated SHA-256 Hardware Signer & HSS Vaults.

    Open-hardware specification and standalone Rust firmware for a stateless air-gapped LM-OTS signing device, paired with Hierarchical Leighton-Micali Signatures (HSS) for institutional treasuries.

    • Air-gapped optical QR & USB-C HID hardware signer specification (zero host-OS key exposure)
    • RFC 8554 HSS multi-tree key hierarchies for high-frequency institutional & DAO treasuries
    • Threshold m-of-n SHA-256 airlock policies for multi-founder protocol reserves
    • Cross-SVM post-quantum custody standard powered by the $QSAFE ecosystem
    Read Security Architecture →
    STAGE 06 · HARDWARE SIGNERSTATELESS QR / USB-C
    SECURE ELEMENTSHA-256 HASH CORE
    TRANSPORTOPTICAL QR / RAW HID
    EPOCH TREEHSS / LMS HIERARCHY
    AIR-GAPPED SILICON ENCLAVE
03 / THE FUTURE HORIZONECOSYSTEM EXPANSION & LONG-TERM DIRECTION

The future of sovereign
capital on Solana.

With Stages 01 through 04 live on Solana mainnet, our engineering focus is expanding Quantum Safe into the default post-quantum settlement layer for traders, autonomous AI agents, and hardware signers.

HORIZON 01 · AUTONOMOUS SWEEPING

Real-Time Terminal & Sniper Bot PnL Airlocks

Traders and automated bots shouldn't have to manually transfer profits after every winning trade. We are building native SDK hooks so trading terminals and Telegram bots can automatically route a configurable percentage of every profitable swap straight into the user's Quantum Safe PDA.

◈ 0-Click Profit Routing◈ Composable Anchor CPI◈ Hot-Wallet Isolation
HORIZON 02 · SILICON ISOLATION

Stateless Optical QR & USB-C SHA-256 Signer

While our Day Key + 24-hour Timelock + Stop File architecture neutralizes remote key theft today, the ultimate form factor is dedicated silicon. Our open-hardware specification defines a stateless microcontroller that computes 34-chain LM-OTS signatures across an air-gapped optical QR or raw HID boundary.

◈ Air-Gapped QR Signing◈ Open Rust Firmware◈ Deterministic Seed Derivation
HORIZON 03 · INSTITUTIONAL & AI TREASURIES

AI Agent Guardrails & Multi-Party HSS Trees

As autonomous AI agents begin managing on-chain liquidity, giving an AI agent a raw Ed25519 private key is a catastrophic risk. Quantum Safe provides the cryptographic guardrail: AI agents can deposit trading revenue into the vault freely, while withdrawals require multi-party RFC 8554 HSS hash-tree authorization.

◈ AI Agent Treasury Rails◈ RFC 8554 HSS Multi-Tree◈ DAO Reserve Airlocks
SOLANA MAINNET · RFC 8554 LM-OTS PROTOCOL · $QSAFE

Engineering milestones, not arbitrary dates. Every layer builds on the immutable 34-chain SHA-256 core.