Sonnenberg Top Trade is a team of young Americans building the defenses that mining operations and wallet holders will need once quantum computers can break today's cryptography.
Most cryptocurrencies rely on math that today's computers can't crack. Quantum computers will change that. We research and build ways to keep mining fair and wallets safe before that day arrives.
Our team combines computer science, quantum mechanics, economics, and policy. We study how quantum attacks would hit consensus, key management, and mining-pool infrastructure, and we develop migration paths toward post-quantum signature schemes and hardened self-custody.
Elliptic-curve signatures, used by most wallets, could have their private keys derived from public keys. Any exposed address becomes a target.
A quadratic speedup on hash searches could give a single quantum-equipped miner an outsized share of blocks and rewards.
Transactions and keys recorded now can be stored and broken later. Protection has to start before the hardware exists.
A wallet migration toolkit that moves holdings from elliptic-curve keys to lattice-based and hash-based signatures, the post-quantum families NIST standardized in 2024. It also enforces one-time addresses so public keys are never left exposed on-chain.
PrototypePool-side monitoring that flags abnormal share rates and block-finding patterns, paired with research into memory-hard proof-of-work designs that blunt any quantum speedup on hashing.
In researchHybrid classical and post-quantum encryption for pool communications, member records, and key backups, with scheduled key rotation so data captured today stays sealed tomorrow.
Internal deploymentProof-of-work mining and post-quantum research both run on one thing: steady, abundant power. Sunforge pairs our operations with licensed nuclear generation, so the same carbon-free electricity that secures a blockchain also funds and powers the cryptography that will protect it.
Behind-the-meter supply from an existing plant or a small modular reactor, owned and operated by a licensed utility partner.
Constant 24/7 power runs mining hardware alongside dedicated servers for post-quantum testing.
Mining revenue and spare compute go directly into building and stress-testing quantum-resistant security.
Energy modeling, site screening, and regulatory review.
Power agreements with a licensed nuclear operator.
A small colocated facility for mining and secure compute.
Expanded capacity and a full post-quantum research lab on site.
Sunforge is in the concept and feasibility stage. Any nuclear power would come from licensed, regulated operators.
We began mining a niche cryptocurrency built around on-chain governance, where mining powered a small self-contained economy. Running that pool taught us how incentives, security, and community fit together.
Our pool mined over $5 million in Monero (XMR). Along the way we wrote small-scale algorithms for tracking markets and explaining advanced securities in plain language, and began experimenting with ways to harden our own mining and wallet infrastructure. Those experiments became the seed of our security work.
With a strong foundation in place, we stepped back to ask where we could make the biggest difference. We explored new paths in parallel, tested ideas, and listened to our members. That period of reflection pointed us toward the quantum threat to crypto.
We came together as Sonnenberg Top Trade with a redefined mission: securing crypto for the quantum era. Longtime members returned, new ones joined, and our community grew past 600. Every project we run now points toward a safer, fairer future for decentralized currency.
Our writing covers where technology, AI, and decentralized currency are headed.
How AI-driven trading and analysis will change liquidity, risk, and who holds the edge.
A practical timeline for when quantum hardware could threaten elliptic-curve cryptography.
Why address reuse is the first thing a quantum attacker will look for, and how to fix it.
Modeling how quantum speedups would shift mining rewards, and what pools can do now.
What ring signatures and stealth addresses need to survive the quantum transition.
How lawmakers may respond once today's encryption standards are no longer safe.
Names, roles, and contacts for our leadership team and 600+ members are available to members only.
Honorary Lead Innovator. In her tradition, nanuq, the polar bear, is a leader: the one who goes first and makes the way for others. Daman lived up to that name. She broke trail for this company, and the paths she opened are the ones we still follow.
We are selective about who invests, enrolls, and joins our mining pools. We don't take public applications and we don't advertise partnerships.
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A plain-language guide for anyone who holds or mines crypto. What quantum computers could break, how soon, and what you can do today.
Q-Day is the day a quantum computer becomes powerful enough to break the public-key cryptography that protects most of the internet, including crypto wallets. No one knows the exact date. Expert estimates range from under a decade to several decades away.
The risk is taken seriously anyway. In 2024, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published its first post-quantum cryptography standards, and it has proposed phasing out today's vulnerable algorithms in federal systems by 2035.
Most wallets use elliptic-curve keys. A large quantum computer running Shor's algorithm could work out a private key from its public key.
Anything encrypted today can be saved and decrypted later. This is called "harvest now, decrypt later."
Grover's algorithm only gives a square-root speedup on hashing, so proof-of-work is weakened rather than broken.
On many networks, your public key isn't revealed until you spend from an address. Until then, the address is protected by a hash, which quantum computers struggle with. Once a public key is on-chain, any funds still at that address are the most exposed. That's why address reuse is the first thing to fix.
This guide is general education, not financial or security advice for your specific situation.
Our milestones since 2021, alongside the quantum, crypto, and Monero news that shaped our work.
For five years we worked quietly and kept to ourselves. That changes now. We're opening up to share our research, our projects, and our mission with the public, starting with a free Quantum Readiness Guide for anyone who holds crypto. Membership stays by invitation, but our work is no longer behind closed doors.
STTWe started energy modeling and site screening for nuclear-powered mining and secure compute, working only toward licensed, regulated power partners.
STTOur wallet migration toolkit now moves test balances from elliptic-curve keys to post-quantum signatures in internal trials.
STTLongtime members returned and new ones joined from across the U.S.
STTOur research team laid out a practical timeline for when quantum hardware could threaten wallet cryptography.
PublicationOur organization came together under one name with a redefined mission: securing crypto for the quantum era.
STTThe Qubic project claimed control of more than half of Monero's hashrate, and the network saw a multi-block reorganization. For us, it was a live reminder that mining fairness is a security problem.
Industry · XMRNIST selected HQC as a second post-quantum encryption standard, giving the world a fallback if the first one is ever broken.
Industry · QuantumMicrosoft announced a quantum chip built on topological qubits, a different path toward machines stable enough to run large algorithms.
Industry · QuantumGoogle's Willow chip showed that adding more qubits can reduce errors instead of increasing them, a key milestone on the road to useful quantum computers.
Industry · QuantumNIST released its first three post-quantum cryptography standards (FIPS 203, 204, and 205). Our security work builds directly on them.
Industry · QuantumBitcoin's block reward was cut in half, squeezing miner margins and making energy cost the deciding factor in profitable mining.
Industry · CryptoBinance and other large exchanges removed XMR under regulatory pressure. Privacy coins kept trading through decentralized and peer-to-peer markets.
Industry · XMRWe stepped back to explore new paths and listen to members. The conclusion: the quantum threat to crypto was where we could do the most good.
STTIBM's Condor processor crossed the 1,000-qubit mark, while its new Heron chip focused on lower error rates.
Industry · QuantumThe Merge ended mining on Ethereum overnight, pushing large amounts of hashrate onto other proof-of-work networks.
Industry · CryptoA network upgrade raised Monero's ring size from 11 to 16 and introduced Bulletproofs+, making transactions both more private and more efficient.
Industry · XMRAfter a six-year competition, NIST named the first algorithms to replace today's quantum-vulnerable cryptography.
Industry · QuantumWe built our first small-scale tools for tracking markets and explaining advanced securities in plain language, and started experimenting with hardening our own infrastructure.
STTIBM unveiled Eagle, a 127-qubit processor, the first to pass the 100-qubit mark.
Industry · QuantumWe launched as a mining pool in a niche, governance-driven cryptocurrency, where mining powered a small self-contained economy.
STTWe research and build defenses for crypto mining and wallet security against future quantum computers. We began as a mining pool in 2021 and now focus on post-quantum security.
Membership is by invitation only. We don't accept public applications. If you'd like to be considered, reach out through Instagram at @projects.stt.
We are selective about who invests and do not solicit investment through this website. Nothing on this site is an offer to sell securities. See our legal page for details.
No. Project Sunforge is in the feasibility stage. Any nuclear power would come from licensed operators under Nuclear Regulatory Commission oversight. We would be a power customer, never a reactor operator.
Not today. But data and public keys recorded now could be attacked later, so it's worth preparing early. Our Quantum Readiness Guide covers simple steps you can take.
We operate from three locations: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Norfolk, Virginia; and St. Johns County, Florida, near Jacksonville. Each site is mainly a warehouse for our mining operations and also serves as an office. Many of our members work remotely from across the U.S.
Our full publications are available to members. Summaries are listed on the home page.
Everything on this website is for general information only. Nothing here is financial, investment, legal, or tax advice, and nothing should be relied on as a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any cryptocurrency or other asset.
Nothing on this website is an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security or investment. Any participation in Sonnenberg Top Trade is by private invitation and subject to separate agreements.
Cryptocurrency and mining involve significant risk, including total loss of funds, extreme price volatility, technical failures, and changing regulations. Past results, including historical mining figures shown on this site, do not indicate future results.
Descriptions of projects, roadmaps, and plans, including Project Sunforge, describe goals and research directions. They are not guarantees. Plans may change, be delayed, or not happen at all. Any future use of nuclear power would depend on licensed third-party operators and regulatory approval.
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