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Unchained · Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Social Consensus and Ecosystem Coordination are Key Hurdles for Quantum-Safe Crypto

The biggest hurdles for the crypto industry to become quantum-safe are social consensus and ecosystem coordination. Elia Shin and Charles Geyme emphasize that achieving agreement on a unified approach and fostering collaboration across different blockchain ecosystems is crucial for widespread adoption.

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“I think, uh, the biggest hurdle, uh, is, uh, is the, uh, the social consensus. Uh, I think, uh, we've seen, uh, that, uh, it's very difficult to get, uh, everybody to agree on, uh, on, uh, on the same approach.”
Charles Geyme
“Yeah, I agree. I think, uh, the social consensus is, uh, is a big one. Uh, and, uh, and, uh, also the, uh, the coordination, uh, across, uh, across the different, uh, ecosystems.”
Elia Polosuhin
“I think that, uh, you know, uh, it's important that, uh, we all, uh, kind of, uh, work together, uh, to, uh, to ensure that, uh, we are all, uh, quantum safe.”
Elia Polosuhin
Heard on Unchained — “One Type of Post-Quantum Cryptography Is Most Popular. Why Is Crypto Trying Out Three?”, published Tuesday, August 25, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Social Consensus and Ecosystem Coordination are Key Hurdles for Quantum-Safe Crypto — Heardvine