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Ethereum Researcher Warns Crypto Community Over AI Cryptographic Threats
Justin Drake has advised moving funds to addresses with unexposed public keys amid concerns that AI could crack Bitcoin's signature algorithm.
Justin Drake, a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, has advised the cryptocurrency community to prepare for "bunker mode" by moving assets to addresses that do not reveal their public keys. While concerns often focus on quantum computing, Drake pointed to rapid advancements in artificial intelligence capable of solving complex mathematical equations, referencing OpenAI's release of 722 AI-generated math papers. He suggested such models might eventually enable classical computers to derive private keys from public keys by targeting Bitcoin’s Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA).
Industry specialists have pushed back on the immediacy of the threat. Michael Gutkin, vice president of research at Fireblocks, noted that Drake's scenario describes a classical cryptographic attack rather than a quantum one, adding that no such exploit has been demonstrated and the feasibility remains debated. Furthermore, existing Ethereum guidelines state that quantum systems are currently incapable of breaking the network's cryptography.
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