SOQ-TEC

Soqucoin Operations for Quantum-Tolerant Ecosystem Custody

Vault-Tec saved humanity from nuclear war. SOQ-TEC saves your assets from quantum war.

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The Problem

100% of Solana wallets are quantum-vulnerable.

Every Ed25519 public key is exposed directly on-chain. When a cryptographically relevant quantum computer runs Shor's algorithm, every keypair is recoverable. The "harvest now, decrypt later" (HNDL) attack means adversaries are already recording Solana transactions for future decryption.

$180B+ in Solana TVL is protected by classical cryptography that has an expiration date.

Why Solana Can't Fix It Natively

Project Eleven — Solana's own PQ security partner — proved this in April 2026: replacing Ed25519 with Dilithium on Solana's testnet caused a 90% throughput reduction. Signatures went from 64 bytes to 2,420 bytes (40× larger). Solana's architecture (Gulf Stream, Turbine, QUIC) is optimized for compact data — full PQ migration would destroy what makes Solana valuable.

The Winternitz Vault was the interim answer — hash-based one-time signatures. But it handles SOL only (no SPL tokens), keys die after one use, and it can't compose with DeFi. It's a fire exit, not a home.

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The Solution

SOQ-TEC is the quantum-safe custody layer for Solana.

Soqucoin is a purpose-built, ML-DSA-44 (FIPS 204) Dilithium-native L1 blockchain designed from genesis for post-quantum safety. It's not fast — it's Dogecoin-speed (~1-minute blocks, UTXO model). And that's the point.

Think of it like a safety deposit box at a bank:

• Solana = the trading floor (fast, liquid, classical)
• Soqucoin = the vault (NIST Dilithium, Halborn-audited, quantum-safe)
• SOQ-TEC = the bridge between them

Our bridge doesn't take value from Solana. It extends Solana's security perimeter into post-quantum territory.

Solana Wallet (Ed25519, vulnerable)
    → Winternitz Vault (hash-based PQ on Solana)
        → SOQ-TEC Bridge (relayer attestation)
            → SOQ-TEC Vault (Dilithium PQ custody on Soqucoin L1)
                → Bridge back when you need Solana speed

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Architecture

Bridge Components

Component	Technology	Status
Solana Bridge Program	Anchor/Rust — SPL burn/mint, circuit breaker, PoR	Deployed (devnet)
XMSS Vault Program	Anchor/Rust — WOTS+ signature verification, Merkle proof, CPI burn	Deployed (devnet)
DUA/CEA Pipeline	TypeScript/Node — Dual Unicast Adapter + Chain Event Aggregator	Deployed
Relayer Service	TypeScript/Node — event watchers, persistent seen-set, soq-signer routing	Deployed
SoquShield Bridge	Dart/Flutter — native WOTS+ signer, vault TX builder	Shipped
SOQ-TEC Terminal	HTML/CSS/JS — Pip-Boy themed operations dashboard	Deployed
PAUL Lane Manager	Python — Pre-Allocated UTXO Lanes	🔴 Retired (May 2026)

How It Works

flowchart LR
    subgraph Solana["Solana (Quantum Vulnerable)"]
        A[pSOQ SPL Token] -->|burn| B[Bridge Program]
        B -->|relayer| C[Attestation]
    end
    subgraph Soqucoin["Soqucoin L1 (SOQ-TEC Vault)"]
        C -->|verify| D[SOQ-TEC Vault]
        D -->|release| E[Native SOQ]
    end
    E -->|lock| D
    D -->|attest| C
    C -->|mint| B
    B --> A

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XMSS Vault Integration (Patent Claims 1+4+11)

The XMSS vault is the production path — an end-to-end quantum-safe chain where Ed25519 is used ONLY for Solana transaction fees, never for value custody:

1. User generates an XMSS-Lite key tree (Keccak256 WOTS+, w=16)
2. Vault program verifies WOTS+ signature + Merkle proof on-chain
3. Vault CPI-calls burn_for_redemption on the bridge program
4. Relayer detects the burn event (identical to native burns)
5. soq-signer releases SOQ on L1 via ML-DSA-44 (Dilithium)

Value custody chain: WOTS+ (Keccak) → ML-DSA-44 (Dilithium) — zero classical touch.

SoquShield Mobile Bridge

SoquShield (Flutter iOS/Android) includes a complete Dart port of the XMSS-Lite signing engine:

• wots_signer.dart — WOTS+ sign/verify, hash chains
• xmss_tree.dart — key tree + Merkle proof generator
• vault_bridge_service.dart — Solana TX builder with PDA derivation, Borsh encoding
• Cross-verified bit-for-bit against the JavaScript implementation (9/9 vectors match)

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SOQ-TEC Terminal

The bridge dashboard uses a Fallout Pip-Boy / Vault-Tec inspired terminal aesthetic:

• Boot Sequence — Full BIOS-style system initialization
• Vault Status — Real-time balance, backing ratio, Dilithium protection
• Network Comparison — Soqucoin (PQ-NATIVE) vs Solana (QUANTUM EXPOSED)
• Bridge Activity — Live transaction feed
• Proof of Reserves — Visual SOQ locked vs pSOQ minted
• CRT Effects — Scanlines, vignette, phosphor glow, screen flicker

Live: soqtec.soqu.org

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Credibility

Asset	Detail
Live Testnet	Soqucoin Testnet3 — xplorer.soqu.org
Security Audit	Halborn — completed & fully remediated (2026)
Cryptography	NIST FIPS 204 ML-DSA-44 (Dilithium) — production, not prototype
Patent	Application #63/999,796 — PQ blockchain consensus
Codebase	100,000+ LOC open source C++
Founder	25 years USAF Cyber Operations + Oracle security engineering
pSOQ Token	Live on Solana — 1B supply

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Business Model

Revenue Stream	Model
Bridge fees	0.1% per cross-chain transfer
PQ custody services	Institutional cold storage
PQCAT compliance	PQC readiness scanning for Solana protocols
SDK licensing	Bridge tech licensed to other L1s

TAM: $180B+ Solana TVL with quantum-vulnerable Ed25519 exposure.

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Roadmap

Week	Focus
Week 1 (Apr 7–13)	Terminal dashboard, GitHub repo, Colosseum registration
Week 2 (Apr 14–20)	Solana bridge program, relayer service, devnet deploy, E2E bridge proven
Week 3 (Apr 21–27)	PAUL/DUA/CEA pipeline, VPS migration, sub-second releases verified
Week 4 (Apr 28–May 4)	Demo recording, submission polish, final documentation

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Quick Start

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/soqucoin/soqtec.git
cd soqtec

# The terminal dashboard is a static site — just open it
open index.html
# Or serve locally
python3 -m http.server 8080

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Project Structure

soqtec/
├── index.html          # SOQ-TEC Terminal dashboard
├── style.css           # Pip-Boy theme + CRT effects
├── script.js           # Boot sequence, live data, activity feed
├── programs/
│   ├── soqtec-bridge/  # Anchor program — SPL burn/mint bridge
│   └── xmss-vault/     # Anchor program — WOTS+ vault + CPI burn
├── relayer/
│   └── src/            # DUA/CEA pipeline + soq-signer routing
├── scripts/
│   ├── xmss-client.js        # XMSS-Lite JS reference implementation
│   ├── e2e-vault-bridge-test.js  # Vault CPI E2E test (gold standard)
│   ├── e2e-dua-burn-test.js     # DUA pipeline test
│   └── cross-verify-wots.js     # Cross-verification test vectors
├── docs/
│   ├── ARCHITECTURE.md       # Technical architecture
│   ├── SECURITY.md           # Trust model & threat assumptions
│   ├── BRIDGE_SPEC.md        # Bridge protocol specification
│   └── PAUL_ARCHITECTURE.md  # PAUL/DUA/CEA architecture (⚠️ PAUL retired)
├── LICENSE             # MIT
└── README.md           # This file

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Links

• Dashboard: soqtec.soqu.org
• Explorer: xplorer.soqu.org
• Soqucoin: soqu.org
• Labs: soqucoin.com
• pSOQ Token: pump.fun
• Twitter: @soqucoin

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Hackathon

Colosseum Frontier 2026 — April 6 – May 11, 2026

$2.75M in prizes. SOQ-TEC competes as the first quantum-tolerant custody bridge for Solana.

"Prepared for the Quantum Future."

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License

MIT — see LICENSE for details.

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SOQ-TEC — Built by Soqucoin Labs Inc.
228 Park Ave S, Pmb 85451, New York, NY 10003