{"id":41900,"date":"2026-05-01T09:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptd.in\/23-billion-xrp-already-quantum-safe-according-to-new-wallet-analysis\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T09:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:30:11","slug":"23-billion-xrp-already-quantum-safe-according-to-new-wallet-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptd.in\/fi\/23-billion-xrp-already-quantum-safe-according-to-new-wallet-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"23 Billion+ XRP Already Quantum Safe, According To New Wallet Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ripple\u2019s escrow accounts are among the wallets that may not be as protected as they appear. A new breakdown of every account on the XRP Ledger<\/a> found that multi-signature wallets \u2014 including those tied to Ripple \u2014 hold 36.60 billion XRP, or over 36% of the total supply, but are not automatically shielded from future quantum threats without proper key management.<\/p>\n

What The Numbers Show<\/h2>\n

The analysis<\/a> was conducted by XRPL validator Vet, who reviewed all 7,810,364 accounts on the XRP Ledger. Based on that review, 23.16 billion XRP<\/a> currently sits in wallets considered safe from quantum attack.<\/p>\n

That works out to 27% of all accounts \u2014 roughly 2.13 million wallets. Two factors account for their safety: either the wallets have never signed a transaction, meaning the public key has never been exposed, or the account holders rotated their keys and disabled master keys as an extra security step. The first group covers over 24% of accounts. The second, more deliberate group accounts for 2.65%.<\/p>\n

The logic is straightforward. When a wallet signs a transaction, its public key becomes visible on the ledger. A sufficiently advanced quantum computer could theoretically use that public key to work backward and derive the private key. Wallets that have never signed anything don\u2019t have that exposure.<\/p>\n

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Did a Full History deep dive on all 7.8M XRP Accounts for Quantum Threat exposure targeting dormant accounts.<\/p>\n

Genesis XRP accounts, the Satoshi Era equivalent, is 0.02% of all XRP supply that is dormant and exposed.<\/p>\n

Exposed supply increases as dormancy thresholds are lowered.\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/AxINT1RaXV<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/QvZD8zBCNg<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Vet (@Vet_X0) April 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Dormant Accounts Raise Hard Questions<\/h2>\n

On the other side of the ledger, 76.82 billion XRP spread across 5.6 million accounts is considered exposed. But Vet noted that 96% of that amount belongs to users who are still active \u2014 people who, when the time comes, can move their funds to safer addresses.<\/p>\n

The harder problem is dormant accounts. Wallets that have been inactive for five or more years hold 2.94% of the total XRP supply, which amounts to 3.83% of all exposed XRP. At the far end, accounts with no activity since before 2014 represent just 0.02% of total supply.<\/p>\n

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Reports indicate that group includes only 14,710 accounts, compared to 1.33 million in the five-year inactive category. For context, Vet pointed to Bitcoin, where holdings tied to Satoshi Nakamoto<\/a> make up roughly 5% of total supply \u2014 much of which may never be moved.<\/p>\n

Nobody knows why dormant wallets were abandoned. Lost keys, forgotten accounts, and personal circumstances all come into play. That uncertainty makes them the most difficult part of the quantum exposure problem.<\/p>\n

A 2028 Deadline Already In Motion<\/p>\n

The XRP Ledger currently uses Ed25519 and secp256k1 cryptographic standards<\/a>. Both remain secure today, but could become vulnerable as quantum computing advances.<\/p>\n

Ripple has laid out a four-phase roadmap aimed at making the network fully quantum-resistant by 2028. Early testing of new systems is already underway, with updates to the main network planned for later phases.<\/p>\n

The long-term fix for exposed wallets is expected to involve quantum-resistant encryption that lets users migrate funds to better-protected addresses.<\/p>\n

That works for people who still have access. For those who don\u2019t \u2014 whether due to lost credentials or other circumstances \u2014 the exposure may be permanent.<\/p>\n

Featured image from ForkLog, chart from TradingView<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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