INJECTIVE · L1 · QRI 14 · BAND 2 Acknowledged Hybrid FAIL · Stage 0 · Washing 1x

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.

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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.

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

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 20 / 100

1a_primitive_inventory 10 / 20

Cosmos SDK/Tendermint with native EVM (Injective EVM, 2025).

Primitives: Ed25519 (Tendermint consensus) · ECDSA secp256k1 (CosmWasm + EVM) · SHA-256 · Keccak-256

Evidence: docs.injective.network

1b_shor_grover_pq_tag 10 / 20

1c_algorithm_family_diversity 0 / 20

No PQC families deployed

1d_nist_security_category 0 / 20

No NIST PQC primitives deployed

1e_implementation_quality 0 / 20

2 HNDL Exposure 12 / 100

2a_active_key 3 / 20

All user pubkeys exposed. TVL and derivatives positions exposed.

2b_cold_key 3 / 20

Active since Nov 2021. 4+ years of cold-key accumulation.

2c_sig_long_term 3 / 20

Derivatives positions short-lived but INJ holdings long-term.

2d_encryption_conf 3 / 20

Standard TLS. No PQC KEM.

3 Metadata & Privacy Exposure 25 / 100

3a_graph_visibility 6 / 20

Pseudonymous, transparent.

3b_rpc_concentration 6 / 20

~50 validators operate RPC. Moderate concentration.

3c_bridge_correlation 7 / 20

IBC + Wormhole + Peggy (ETH) bridges visible.

3d_retroactive_deanon 6 / 20

Low marginal retroactive risk.

4 Migration Architecture 30 / 100

4a_crypto_agility 10 / 20

Cosmos SDK modular. Governance can upgrade crypto via param change + binary upgrade.

4b_aa_key_rotation 7 / 20

Injective EVM + CosmWasm allow custom signature verification at app layer.

4c_hard_fork_track_record 8 / 20

Multiple successful upgrades (V1.10+, EVM integration). Proven governance.

4d_hybrid_deployment_readiness 5 / 20

No hybrid PQC plan.

5 Deployment Execution 0 / 100

5a_mainnet_pqc_pct 0 / 20

no public artifact found

5b_pqc_code_in_consensus 0 / 20

no public artifact found

5c_validator_pqc_keys 0 / 20

no public artifact found

5d_published_milestones 0 / 20

no public artifact found

5e_pqc_washing_delta 0 / 20

No PQC announcements.

6 Supply Chain Vendor Readiness 8 / 100

6a_wallet 2 / 20

6b_bridge 2 / 20

6c_custodian 2 / 20

6d_rpc_hsm 2 / 20

7 Governance & Coordination 40 / 100

7a_validator_stake_distribution 10 / 20

~50 validators. Cosmos-style on-chain gov with INJ.

7b_upgrade_cadence_under_pressure 12 / 20

Successful multi-VM upgrade (EVM integration 2025). Strong coordination.

7c_named_coordination_lead 10 / 20

Injective Labs (Eric Chen, Albert Chon). No named PQC lead.

7d_adversarial_coordination_precedent 8 / 20

Burn auction + governance changes demonstrate coordination. No PQC precedent.

The X + Y vs Z inequality

X (data shelf life): 7-12 (4+ years of cold keys)

Y (migration time): 10-15

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	5%	10%
arrives slowly post migration	85%	70%
arrives slowly mid migration	40%	30%

Peers in the L1 profile

Order-book view of the 9 chains closest to Injective 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

Cosmos SDK/Tendermint with native EVM (Injective EVM, 2025).

https://docs.injective.network/

Supply chain snapshot

wallet Keplr · Leap · MetaMask 0 PQC roadmaps

bridge Peggy · Wormhole · IBC 0 PQC roadmaps

custodian Coinbase Custody · Fireblocks · BitGo 0 PQC roadmaps

rpc_hsm Injective Labs RPC · Polkachu · NodesHub 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

Strong governance track record (EVM integration upgrade) is the only non-negligible positive. Zero PQC activity found. Dim7 relatively high on upgrade coordination.

Scorecard metadata

Profile: L1
Scored: 2026-04-18 by layerqu-v2-scoring-agent-3
v1 reference: chainscreen-v1-archive
QRI raw: 14 · after caps: 14
Confidence interval: ±12
PQC washing ratio: 1x
Burn-vs-rescue: undeclared

Caps triggered

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