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Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake is targeting December 2028 to complete Ethereum’s post-quantum and post-AI transition, a year earlier than the foundation’s previously announced quantum-resistance deadline.
Speaking at Devcon 8 in Mumbai on Tuesday, Drake <a href="https://x.com/EFDevcon/status/2117497506007576631" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">outlined</a> the accelerated timeline. “Our hope is that by December 2028 we’ll be able to wrap up the full post-quantum and post-AI transition,” Drake said, adding that developers have 24 months to deliver three additional network upgrades.
The Ethereum Foundation’s September roadmap <a href="https://blog.ethereum.org/2026/09/07/protocol-priorities" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">established</a> December 2029 as its deadline for achieving quantum resistance across Ethereum’s execution, consensus and data layers.
Drake’s remarks signal a more ambitious timeline but do not formally replace the foundation’s existing roadmap, which is scheduled for reassessment in January 2027.
In August, Drake <a href="https://ct.com/news/ethereum-foundation-drops-poseidon-post-quantum-plan" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">outlined plans for production-ready leanVM technology</a> in 2027, followed by post-quantum deployments across Ethereum’s three layers in 2028.
The timeline has <a href="https://ct.com/news/starknet-vote-post-quantum-l1-research-ethereum" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">drawn scrutiny from other blockchain developers</a>. In October, Starknet’s community backed research into becoming an independent post-quantum layer-1 network.
StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson previously told Cointelegraph that Ethereum’s 2029 target was “too late,” warning that deadlines could slip.
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Ethereum dev targets 2028 for quantum resistance, a year early

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