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   Cryptographers weigh whether AI math gains could break internet encryption

   A panel hosted by a16z crypto brought together Stanford cryptographer Dan Boneh, Georgetown computer science associate professor Justin Thaler and others to discuss whether fast-rising AI mathematical ability threatens modern cryptography. Boneh said the published results contain no actual break of mainstream cryptographic schemes, but argued frontier labs should disclose whether they have tested deployed systems with their strongest models and what the results were. Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake floated a "bunker mode," suggesting large holders consider moving funds to addresses whose public keys are not yet exposed on-chain, though the industry remains divided on when an attack might occur and how migration should be carried out.

   MIT科技评论中文 · 🔥 0
2. Oct 8
   Ethereum researchers urge 'bunker mode' as AI-accelerated math threatens wallet crypto

   Ethereum researcher Justin Drake called on the blockchain industry in a post on X to prepare a "bunker mode," recommending users move funds to addresses that have never signed a transaction, since signing exposes the public key from which an attacker could theoretically derive the private key. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin agreed in a reply but warned against moving too fast, saying he has lost more money to botched migrations than to hacks. No one has yet broken the current ECDSA signature scheme in practice, and Buterin argues long-term for an architecture relying as much as possible on hash functions alone, since even lattice-based schemes often considered quantum-safe could be weakened by AI advances.

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