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a16z Unveils Aerie for Quantum Resistant Ethereum Security
a16z crypto introduced Aerie, a system designed to aggregate thousands of quantum resistant digital signatures into a single cryptographic proof for Ethereum. The announcement comes as Ethereum works towards making its consensus, execution, and data layers resistant to potential quantum computing attacks by December 2029. Aerie uses lattice based cryptography to aggregate signatures more efficiently than current hash based systems, which require multiple rounds of proof aggregation and are computationally expensive.