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ZORA · rollup-L2 · QRI 10 · BAND 1 Aware-Only Hybrid FAIL · Stage 0 · Washing 0x

Zora is an OP Stack creator-economy L2 with no native token and no independent PQ story. Its quantum posture is whichever posture the Superchain eventually adopts. That is an honest answer, which is rarer than it sounds.

inLinkedIn XPost Scorecard JSON Compare Verified 2026-04-17

Summary

Zora is an OP Stack L2 for the creator economy (NFTs, coins). No native token. Inherits OP Superchain crypto. No independent PQ work.

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

none-announced; inherits Superchain

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 9 / 20

OP Stack L2; classical crypto inherited.

Primitives: ECDSA secp256k1 (OP Stack) · Keccak-256 · BN254 (fault proofs)
Evidence:
1b_shor_grover_pq_tag 5 / 20
1c_algorithm_family_diversity 1 / 20

No PQ family.

1d_nist_security_category 2 / 20
1e_implementation_quality 3 / 20
2 HNDL Exposure 18 / 100
2a_active_key_exposure 5 / 20

EVM EOAs; creator economy tx volume.

2b_cold_key_exposure 5 / 20

~2 years mainnet; small dormant.

2c_signature_longterm_validity 4 / 20

Classical ECDSA.

2d_encryption_confidentiality 4 / 20

TLS.

3 Metadata & Privacy Exposure 20 / 100
3a_tx_graph_visibility 5 / 20

Transparent; creator economy tx surface.

3b_rpc_mempool_concentration 5 / 20

Zora Labs sequencer (centralized).

3c_cross_chain_bridge_correlation 5 / 20

Canonical OP bridge.

3d_retroactive_deanon_risk 5 / 20

No privacy layer.

4 Migration Architecture 34 / 100
4a_crypto_agility 9 / 20

Inherits OP Superchain migration path.

4b_account_abstraction_key_rotation 10 / 20

ERC-4337 available.

4c_hard_fork_track_record 8 / 20

Superchain cadence; limited independent.

4d_hybrid_deployment_readiness 7 / 20

No PQ roadmap.

5 Deployment Execution 3 / 100
5a_mainnet_pqc_pct 0 / 20

Zero PQC.

5b_pqc_code_in_client 1 / 20

No PQ code.

5c_validator_pqc_adoption 0 / 20

Centralized sequencer.

5d_published_milestones_count 1 / 20

No PQ milestones.

5e_pqc_washing_delta 1 / 20

No claims.

6 Supply Chain Vendor Readiness 5 / 100
6a_wallet 1 / 20
6b_bridge 1 / 20
6c_custodian 2 / 20
6d_rpc_hsm 1 / 20
7 Governance & Coordination 25 / 100
7a_validator_stake_distribution 4 / 20

Centralized sequencer.

7b_upgrade_cadence_under_pressure 6 / 20

Superchain-dependent.

7c_named_coordination_lead 8 / 20

Named: Jacob Horne, Zora Labs.

7d_adversarial_coordination_precedent 7 / 20

No precedent.

The X + Y vs Z inequality

X (data shelf life): 3-8

Y (migration time): 5-10 (Superchain-dependent)

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

Verdict: X+Y > Z (danger).

Four-scenario grid

ScenarioValue preservedPrivacy preserved
quantum never 100% 100%
arrives suddenly pre migration 8% 8%
arrives slowly post migration 45% 22%
arrives slowly mid migration 22% 11%

Peers in the rollup-L2 profile

Order-book view of the 9 chains closest to Zora 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

OP Stack L2; classical crypto inherited.

Supply chain snapshot

wallet MetaMask · Rabby · Coinbase Wallet 0 PQC roadmaps
bridge Canonical OP bridge · Across · Superbridge 0 PQC roadmaps
custodian Coinbase Custody · BitGo · Anchorage 0 PQC roadmaps
rpc_hsm Zora RPC · 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

Stage 0. Pure Superchain dependency; minimal independent PQ posture.

Scorecard metadata

  • Profile: rollup-L2
  • Scored: 2026-04-17 by layerqu-v2-scoring-agent-5
  • v1 reference: chainscreen-v1-archive
  • QRI raw: 12 · after caps: 10
  • Confidence interval: ±5
  • PQC washing ratio: 0x
  • Burn-vs-rescue: none-announced; inherits Superchain

Caps triggered

  • mosca_cap_60 (5a=0)
  • sutor_cap_50
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