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AI math breakthroughs have Ethereum researchers debating how fast wallet security could collapse

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AI math breakthroughs have Ethereum researchers debating how fast wallet security could collapse

The Decoder · Oct 8, 2026, 1:52 PM UTC

Ethereum researcher Justin Drake is urging the crypto industry to prepare a "bunker mode" for a scenario where AI-powered math could break wallet signature schemes within months. Vitalik Buterin broadly agrees but warns against rushed migrations, saying he's personally lost more money to botched transitions than to hacks.…