RESEARCH ARTICLE
GHOST and Quantum Resistance
Mitigation is not necessarily post-quantum cryptography.
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Author
The GHOST Archive Editorial Team
Editor
The GHOST Archive Editorial Team
Published
2024-01-01
Updated
2026-10-08
Last verified
2026-10-08
Direct answer
The GHOST whitepaper discusses quantum-risk mitigation. This page explains what it claims and is careful not to overstate it.
What the whitepaper discusses
- ›Shor's algorithm and the threat to elliptic-curve cryptography.
- ›Public-key exposure from published keys.
- ›Address reuse increasing exposure.
- ›Cold staking and rotating spending addresses as mitigations.
Bottom line
GHOST takes steps that reduce quantum-key exposure, but those steps are mitigations, not a standardized post-quantum cryptographic suite.
Sources
- S-03Updated GHOST Privacy Whitepaper (December 2024)PRIMARY2024-12 · whitepaper · supports: Current privacy stack, tokenomics, Ghost Veterans, governancehttps://github.com/ghost-coin