FAQs
Answers to questions you might have about Wave Ledger.
Quantum computers will eventually break the encryption that protects Bitcoin, Ethereum, and every other blockchain. When that happens, all current crypto becomes worthless overnight. Wave Ledger is the only blockchain built to survive that moment, and it's already running on quantum computers today. We're not preparing for the quantum future; we're already there.
Wave Ledger is the only blockchain that combines NIST-approved post-quantum cryptography with real quantum computing integration. We use ML-KEM (CRYSTALS-Kyber) encryption and run validation on actual quantum processors like IBM's Heron R2, making us both quantum-resistant and quantum-enhanced.
We integrate directly with quantum cloud services for quantum-enhanced proof-of-work validation and true quantum random number generation. The quantum processors help validate transactions and generate cryptographically secure randomness that classical computers cannot produce.
Wave Ledger 1.0 QuantNet launched August 1, 2026. It is the first production quantum blockchain network available for public use.
Not immediately, but quantum computers pose a real threat to current blockchain security. Major tech companies and governments are investing billions in quantum computing because it will break today's encryption. Wave Ledger provides a secure alternative before that happens.
This is why crypto agility matters more than any single algorithm. ML-KEM and ML-DSA are the approved standards today, but cryptography moves, and a scheme that looks unbreakable now can be weakened by one result. Wave Ledger keeps its primitives replaceable rather than hard-coded into consensus, so the network can adopt newly approved algorithms without a rebuild and without a hard fork. Blockchains that welded one algorithm into their core do not have that option.
ML-KEM (CRYSTALS-Kyber) is the NIST FIPS 203 approved standard for post-quantum cryptography. It uses lattice-based mathematical problems that remain computationally hard even for quantum computers, ensuring Wave Ledger stays secure as quantum technology advances.