Mina Schnorr signatures on Pallas
Key-prefixed Schnorr signatures over Pallas, one of the two Pasta curves, adapted from BIP 340 and used to authorise Mina transactions and account updates. Broken by Shor's algorithm on a cryptographically relevant quantum computer, which recovers the private key from the public key.
- Quantum status
- Broken by Shor's algorithm
- Standard
- No published standard
- Family
- elliptic curve
- Also known as
- Mina Schnorr, Schnorr-Pallas
Rated chains using it
- Mina Protocol Mainnet, default
Account signatures. Key-prefixed Schnorr signatures over the Pallas curve, adapted from BIP 340, authorise every Mina transaction and account update. Specification or proposal
Sources
- Mina Schnorr Signatures (docs/specs/signatures/description.md) , Mina Protocol (GitHub). Accessed 22 October 2026.
Published beside the Hardy Score and not an input to it. How each chain is scored is set out in the methodology.