{ "chain_slug": "injective", "name": "Injective", "scorecard_profile": "L1", "evaluated_at": "2026-04-18", "evaluator": "layerqu-v2-scoring-agent-3", "v1_reference": "chainscreen-v1-archive", "dimensions": { "1_cryptographic_exposure": { "weight": 0.15, "score": 20, "sub_scores": { "1a_primitive_inventory": { "score": 10, "primitives_named": [ "Ed25519 (Tendermint consensus)", "ECDSA secp256k1 (CosmWasm + EVM)", "SHA-256", "Keccak-256" ], "evidence": [ "https://docs.injective.network/" ], "note": "Cosmos SDK/Tendermint with native EVM (Injective EVM, 2025)." }, "1b_shor_grover_pq_tag": { "score": 10, "tags": { "Ed25519": "Shor-break", "ECDSA secp256k1": "Shor-break", "SHA-256": "Grover-weaken-128bit", "Keccak-256": "Grover-weaken-128bit" }, "evidence": [] }, "1c_algorithm_family_diversity": { "score": 0, "families_represented": 0, "families": [], "note": "No PQC families deployed" }, "1d_nist_security_category": { "score": 0, "mappings": {}, "note": "No NIST PQC primitives deployed" }, "1e_implementation_quality": { "score": 0, "formal_verification": "none published", "constant_time": "standard libraries", "libraries": [ "Cosmos SDK", "Tendermint", "Geth fork (Injective EVM)" ], "evidence": [] } }, "total_artifacts": 1 }, "2_hndl_exposure": { "weight": 0.1, "score": 12, "sub_scores": { "2a_active_key": { "score": 3, "note": "All user pubkeys exposed. TVL and derivatives positions exposed." }, "2b_cold_key": { "score": 3, "note": "Active since Nov 2021. 4+ years of cold-key accumulation." }, "2c_sig_long_term": { "score": 3, "note": "Derivatives positions short-lived but INJ holdings long-term." }, "2d_encryption_conf": { "score": 3, "note": "Standard TLS. No PQC KEM." } }, "total_artifacts": 0 }, "3_metadata_privacy_exposure": { "weight": 0.1, "score": 25, "sub_scores": { "3a_graph_visibility": { "score": 6, "note": "Pseudonymous, transparent." }, "3b_rpc_concentration": { "score": 6, "note": "~50 validators operate RPC. Moderate concentration." }, "3c_bridge_correlation": { "score": 7, "note": "IBC + Wormhole + Peggy (ETH) bridges visible." }, "3d_retroactive_deanon": { "score": 6, "note": "Low marginal retroactive risk." } }, "total_artifacts": 1 }, "4_migration_architecture": { "weight": 0.12, "score": 30, "sub_scores": { "4a_crypto_agility": { "score": 10, "note": "Cosmos SDK modular. Governance can upgrade crypto via param change + binary upgrade." }, "4b_aa_key_rotation": { "score": 7, "note": "Injective EVM + CosmWasm allow custom signature verification at app layer." }, "4c_hard_fork_track_record": { "score": 8, "note": "Multiple successful upgrades (V1.10+, EVM integration). Proven governance." }, "4d_hybrid_deployment_readiness": { "score": 5, "note": "No hybrid PQC plan." } }, "total_artifacts": 2 }, "5_deployment_execution": { "weight": 0.2, "score": 0, "sub_scores": { "5a_mainnet_pqc_pct": { "score": 0, "mainnet_pqc_pct": 0, "evidence": [], "note": "no public artifact found" }, "5b_pqc_code_in_consensus": { "score": 0, "loc_or_bytes": 0, "note": "no public artifact found" }, "5c_validator_pqc_keys": { "score": 0, "pct": 0, "note": "no public artifact found" }, "5d_published_milestones": { "score": 0, "count": 0, "milestones": [], "note": "no public artifact found" }, "5e_pqc_washing_delta": { "score": 0, "ratio": 1, "note": "No PQC announcements." } }, "total_artifacts": 0 }, "6_supply_chain_vendor_readiness": { "weight": 0.2, "score": 8, "sub_scores": { "6a_wallet": { "score": 2, "top3": [ "Keplr", "Leap", "MetaMask" ], "pqc_roadmap_count": 0 }, "6b_bridge": { "score": 2, "top3": [ "Peggy (ETH)", "Wormhole", "IBC" ], "pqc_roadmap_count": 0 }, "6c_custodian": { "score": 2, "top3": [ "Coinbase Custody", "Fireblocks (research only)", "BitGo" ], "pqc_roadmap_count": 0 }, "6d_rpc_hsm": { "score": 2, "top3": [ "Injective Labs RPC", "Polkachu", "NodesHub" ], "pqc_roadmap_count": 0 } }, "total_artifacts": 1 }, "7_governance_coordination": { "weight": 0.13, "score": 40, "sub_scores": { "7a_validator_stake_distribution": { "score": 10, "note": "~50 validators. Cosmos-style on-chain gov with INJ." }, "7b_upgrade_cadence_under_pressure": { "score": 12, "note": "Successful multi-VM upgrade (EVM integration 2025). Strong coordination." }, "7c_named_coordination_lead": { "score": 10, "note": "Injective Labs (Eric Chen, Albert Chon). No named PQC lead." }, "7d_adversarial_coordination_precedent": { "score": 8, "note": "Burn auction + governance changes demonstrate coordination. No PQC precedent." } }, "total_artifacts": 2 } }, "gates": { "hybrid_deployment": "FAIL", "evidence_reconstruction": "PASS", "primitive_naming": "PASS" }, "caps_applied": [ "Mosca (5a<20% → QRI max 60)", "Sutor (5d=0 → Migration Stage max 2)", "Preskill (5, 2, 3 dims <3 artifacts × 0.5)", "Casado (4 vendor tiles pqc=0 → migration_stage max 3)", "Hybrid gate FAIL → QRI cap 60" ], "qri": { "raw": 14, "after_caps": 14, "ci_plus_minus": 12, "band": 2, "band_name": "Acknowledged" }, "migration_stage": 0, "mosca_inequality": { "X_signature_shelf_life_years": "7-12 (4+ years of cold keys)", "Y_migration_time_years_range": "10-15", "Z_10pct_year": 2036, "Z_50pct_year": 2041, "danger_zone_at_50pct": true }, "four_scenario_grid": { "quantum_never": { "value_preserved_pct": 100, "privacy_preserved_pct": 100 }, "arrives_suddenly_pre_migration": { "value_preserved_pct": 5, "privacy_preserved_pct": 10 }, "arrives_slowly_post_migration": { "value_preserved_pct": 85, "privacy_preserved_pct": 70 }, "arrives_slowly_mid_migration": { "value_preserved_pct": 40, "privacy_preserved_pct": 30 } }, "burn_vs_rescue_policy": "undeclared", "pqc_washing_ratio": 1, "vendor_tile_summary": { "wallet": { "top3": [ "Keplr", "Leap", "MetaMask" ], "pqc_roadmap_count": 0 }, "bridge": { "top3": [ "Peggy", "Wormhole", "IBC" ], "pqc_roadmap_count": 0 }, "custodian": { "top3": [ "Coinbase Custody", "Fireblocks", "BitGo" ], "pqc_roadmap_count": 0 }, "rpc_hsm": { "top3": [ "Injective Labs RPC", "Polkachu", "NodesHub" ], "pqc_roadmap_count": 0 } }, "narrative_summary": "Injective is a Cosmos SDK L1 for derivatives/DeFi with native EVM (2025). ~50 validators and strong upgrade coordination history. No PQC activity — migration path exists in theory through Cosmos SDK modularity but nothing deployed or scheduled. Band 2 Acknowledged due to governance strength.", "evaluator_notes": "Strong governance track record (EVM integration upgrade) is the only non-negligible positive. Zero PQC activity found. Dim7 relatively high on upgrade coordination.", "narrative_voiced": "Injective shipped a native EVM integration in 2025 across fifty validators without breaking anything, which is real upgrade muscle. That muscle has never been pointed at a cryptographic migration. The governance can move; nobody has asked it to move on PQC." }