▶ Implementing the World’s First Full-Stack Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Blockchain… Leading Next-Generation Security Infrastructure

▶ Recognized for contributions to the digital industrial ecosystem, including blockchain commercialization, Web3, AI, medical, and financial expansion

Choi Soo-hyuk, CEO of SymVerse Labs, has been honored by being selected as a ‘Figure of Good Influence Campaign.’

It was announced on the 18th that CEO Choi Soo-hyuk was selected for the ‘Good Influence Campaign Figure,’ jointly hosted and organized by the Person Knowledge Guide Journal Weekly People and the New Intellectual Social Forum, and sponsored by the Korea Economic Collaboration Association.

Regarding the background of the selection, a campaign official stated, "CEO Choi is a legendary figure who has led the development of domestic ICT and blockchain industries. He is highly credited for preemptively responding to security risks of the future digital society by implementing the world's first blockchain infrastructure applying a full Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) system."

Implementing the World's First Full-Stack Quantum-Resistant Blockchain… Preemptive Response to Future Threats

Amid growing concerns that the ECDSA and RSA encryption systems used in existing blockchains could be rendered powerless by the advent of next-generation quantum computers, SymVerse Labs has unveiled the world's first full-stack quantum-resistant blockchain Layer 1 infrastructure. This infrastructure applies NIST-standard PQC (Post-Quantum Cryptography) algorithms across all layers, including accounts, signatures, communications, consensus, and transactions. It is garnering attention as a next-generation blockchain model capable of operating safely even in the quantum threat environment expected to arrive in 10 to 20 years.

This technology includes: ▲PQC-based account and signature systems (ML-DSA) ▲PQC encrypted P2P networks (ML-KEM) ▲PQC consensus structures (PBFT/IBFT) ▲Dedicated transaction and wallet structures, and ▲High-performance PQC engines processing 1,000–3,000 TPS. It is evaluated as having secured both security and performance simultaneously.

While existing blockchains (ECDSA/RSA) are vulnerable to Shor and Grover algorithms and face limitations such as potential communication encryption leaks, risks of ECDSA private key theft, and vulnerabilities in long-term data storage, the SymVerse PQC blockchain possesses differentiated technical features. These include ▲Complete blocking of quantum attacks ▲Full-section PQC encryption ▲PQC signature-based account and wallet structures, and ▲Guarantee of long-term data integrity for 10–30 years.

Previously, CEO Choi felt the limitations of slow processing speeds and low user accessibility in existing technologies during his blockchain research. He embarked on developing the SymVerse Mainnet with the goal of creating a "blockchain practically usable in daily life." As a result, he presented a new standard for blockchain commercialization by implementing world-first multi-blockchain separation technology along with block generation and transaction confirmation speeds in the 1-second range.

Based on this technical prowess, SymVerse Labs has built various blockchain solutions, including the mainnet, decentralized wallets, DID (Decentralized Identity), and a smart contract integrated development environment (IDE). Furthermore, the company has officially recognized its technical competitiveness by passing TTA performance tests under the Ministry of Science and ICT, obtaining the industry's first GS Certification Grade 1 for a blockchain wallet, and winning the Grand Prize in the Mainnet category at the MARVELS Awards.

SymVerse Labs is grafting blockchain technology onto the Web3 environment to expand into content, NFTs, wallets, and financial platforms, while also broadening its scope to AI-combined medical diagnostic platforms, finance, distribution, public sectors, and defense. Notably, in the medical AI field, the company is developing an AI-based application for cervical cancer diagnosis and is pushing forward with projects targeting the global market.

CEO Choi emphasized, "Blockchain is not a technology for short-term profit, but an infrastructure that builds a long-term ecosystem. The experience and technology accumulated in the process of creating a sustainable structure are more important than immediate profits."

Contributing to the Creation of a Digital Industrial Ecosystem… Focus on Industrial Development Based on Organizational Culture

CEO Choi has also been conducting consulting activities to solve difficulties for companies and industries based on the experience he has accumulated in the industrial field for over 30 years. In addition, he is evaluated as practicing technology-centered yet people-oriented organizational management by establishing a corporate culture that fully shares information and tasks based on an Agile organizational culture.

CEO Choi emphasized to the youth who will lead the future society that "persistent focus on one field and the accumulation of expertise are paramount," highlighting choices from a long-term career perspective rather than short-term achievements. Furthermore, having elevated blockchain from a simple technology or industrial trend to a core infrastructure supporting the stability and trust of future society, he stated, "We will continue to contribute to preemptive technological innovation and the creation of a digital industrial ecosystem in preparation for the quantum era."

Attention is focused on the next steps of CEO Choi Soo-hyuk and SymVerse Labs, and whether blockchain technology born in Korea can establish itself as a new standard for future security infrastructure in the global market. (Photo provided by SymVerse Labs)

Profile

* Current CEO of SymVerse Labs

* Former President of the Korea Blockchain Startup Association

* Former Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Information Security, Korea University

* Former Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Culture Technology, KAIST

* Former Advisor, Arthur D. Little

* Former Senior Research Fellow / Inaugural Head of Information and Communication Industry Team, Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI)

* Ph.D. in Economics (Industrial Organization/Game Theory) from Northwestern University, USA

SymVerse

* 2023 Top Awards Korean Figure Grand Prize

* 2022 Grand Prize in Leading Company of Korea’s 4th Industrial Revolution

* 2022 Grand Prize in Mainnet Category at MARVELS Awards

* 2019 Grand Prize at the 3rd Seoul Innovation Challenge

* 2019 Grand Prize for Sustainable Innovation Leader of Korea

* Holds multiple blockchain-related patents

* Passed the TTA performance test by the Ministry of Science and ICT

* Obtained GS Certification Grade 1 for a blockchain wallet, the first in the industry

* Launched a total blockchain solution [Mainnet (Fractal / Virtual), Custom Blockchain Wallet, DID Solution, Integrated Token Management Platform (BBP), Smart Contract Integrated Development Environment (SymPose IDE), DApp Service Consulting]

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