EIGENLAYER · L1 · QRI 14 · BAND 1 Acknowledged Hybrid FAIL · Stage 0 · Washing 1x

EigenLayer is $15.26B of restaked ETH secured by BLS12-381 operator sigs that are Shor-broken via pairings. The interesting part is the AVS registry: a natural place to introduce a PQC key type without forking Ethereum. Nobody has written that ELIP.

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Summary

EigenLayer is $15.26B-TVL restaking protocol on Ethereum. Adds BLS12-381 operator signature layer on top of Ethereum's ECDSA+BLS stack. Doubles down on Shor-breakable pairing crypto. No independent PQC path: EigenLayer migrates when Ethereum migrates and AVSes adopt PQC-aware operator-sig schemes.

What the gates say

Hybrid: FAIL. No hybrid plan on file.
Evidence: PASS. Sources reconstructable by third party.
Primitive naming: PASS. Named primitives at every scored sub-level.

Burn-vs-rescue policy on file

undeclared (inherits Ethereum's policy whenever formalized)

Seven dimensions

Each dimension scores 0-100 internally; the weighted roll-up produces the QRI on the left. Open a row to read the sub-score detail.

1 Cryptographic Exposure 22 / 100

1a_primitive_inventory 11 / 20

EigenLayer is a restaking protocol on Ethereum; adds BLS12-381 operator sigs for AVSes on top of Ethereum's crypto.

Primitives: ECDSA secp256k1 (Ethereum staking deposits) · BLS12-381 (Ethereum consensus + AVS operator sets) · Keccak-256

Evidence: docs.eigenlayer.xyz

1b_shor_grover_pq_tag 8 / 20

1c_algorithm_family_diversity 0 / 20

1d_nist_security_category 3 / 20

1e_implementation_quality 0 / 20

2 HNDL Exposure 15 / 100

2a_active_key_exposure 3 / 20

$15.26B TVL exposure; operator BLS pubkeys published on-chain for AVS signing.

2b_cold_key_exposure 4 / 20

Restaked ETH withdrawal credentials exposed since 2024 launch.

2c_signature_longterm_validity 4 / 20

All BLS12-381 + ECDSA sigs Shor-breakable.

2d_encryption_confidentiality 4 / 20

Standard.

3 Metadata & Privacy Exposure 15 / 100

3a_tx_graph_visibility 4 / 20

Transparent; restaking flows linkable.

3b_rpc_mempool_concentration 4 / 20

Ethereum RPC inheritance.

3c_cross_chain_bridge_correlation 4 / 20

AVS operators bridge to many chains.

3d_retroactive_deanon_risk 3 / 20

Restake-to-operator mapping public; future Shor could correlate further.

4 Migration Architecture 35 / 100

4a_crypto_agility 10 / 20

Smart-contract protocol; upgradeable via governance. Depends on Ethereum PQC migration.

4b_account_abstraction_key_rotation 8 / 20

AVS operators have BLS key rotation via registry contracts.

4c_hard_fork_track_record 10 / 20

Multiple upgrades since 2024; ELIP process.

4d_hybrid_deployment_readiness 7 / 20

No hybrid BLS/PQC-AVS path announced.

5 Deployment Execution 3 / 100

5a_mainnet_pqc_pct 0 / 20

Zero.

5b_pqc_code_in_client 0 / 20

None.

5c_validator_pqc_adoption 0 / 20

All AVS operators on BLS12-381.

5d_published_milestones_count 1 / 20

None PQC-specific; inherits Ethereum roadmap.

5e_pqc_washing_delta 2 / 20

No PQC claims.

6 Supply Chain Vendor Readiness 4 / 100

6a_wallet 1 / 20

6b_bridge 1 / 20

6c_custodian 1 / 20

6d_rpc_hsm 1 / 20

7 Governance & Coordination 50 / 100

7a_validator_stake_distribution 10 / 20

~200 operators; concentration among large LSTs (Lido, Rocketpool).

7b_upgrade_cadence_under_pressure 14 / 20

Eigen Foundation + Eigen Labs active governance.

7c_named_coordination_lead 14 / 20

Named: Sreeram Kannan (founder), Eigen Labs. No PQC lead.

7d_adversarial_coordination_precedent 12 / 20

Slashing system launched; coordination precedent growing.

The X + Y vs Z inequality

X (data shelf life): 5-15 (restaked positions long-term)

Y (migration time): 5-10 (follows Ethereum)

Z10 (10% CRQC year): 2036 · Z50 (50%): 2041

Verdict: X+Y > Z (danger).

Four-scenario grid

Scenario	Value preserved	Privacy preserved
quantum never	100%	100%
arrives suddenly pre migration	8%	3%
arrives slowly post migration	55%	25%
arrives slowly mid migration	25%	10%

Peers in the L1 profile

Order-book view of the 9 chains closest to EigenLayer by QRI.

Public artifacts used for this scorecard

Each entry below is a sub-score citation. Clicking the link takes you to the public source. A third party should be able to reconstruct every number on this page from these URLs in 48 hours.

Cryptographic Exposure · 1a_primitive_inventory

EigenLayer is a restaking protocol on Ethereum; adds BLS12-381 operator sigs for AVSes on top of Ethereum's crypto.

https://docs.eigenlayer.xyz/

Supply chain snapshot

wallet MetaMask · Rabby · Ledger HW 0 PQC roadmaps

bridge Ethereum bridges · EigenDA 0 PQC roadmaps

custodian Coinbase Custody · Anchorage · BitGo 0 PQC roadmaps

rpc_hsm Infura · Alchemy · QuickNode 0 PQC roadmaps

A chain's supply chain cannot migrate faster than its slowest dependency. Zero PQC roadmaps in any of the four categories is a structural blocker, not a lagging indicator.

Analyst notes on the scoring

Interesting case: EigenLayer's AVS operator registry is a natural place to add a PQC key type (via ELIP) without forking Ethereum itself. No such ELIP observed. Classified L1 for scorecard because it operates own governance/validator-like set (operators).

Scorecard metadata

Profile: L1
Scored: 2026-04-18 by layerqu-v2-scoring-agent-2
v1 reference: chainscreen-v1-archive
QRI raw: 14 · after caps: 14
Confidence interval: ±6
PQC washing ratio: 1x
Burn-vs-rescue: undeclared (inherits Ethereum's policy whenever formalized)

Caps triggered

mosca_cap_60 (5a=0)
sutor_cap_50 (5d=1)
casado_cap (all vendors 0)