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Vitalik Buterin warns AI could hit crypto cryptography within two years

Original sourceBeInCryptoAdditional: CointelegraphAdditional: CryptoSlate

Summary

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin warned that AI-driven mathematical breakthroughs could weaken lattice-based cryptography such as ML-DSA and fully homomorphic encryption within about two years, and hit the ECDSA used by wallets even earlier, affecting Bitcoin and Ethereum and other elliptic-curv…

Key points

  • These are immediately actionable address and key hygiene recommendations, covering everything from ordinary holders to exchange operations.
  • A core developer naming the possibility that AI could compress cryptography security timelines will directly affect wallet design, multisig implementation, and Ethereum roadmap scheduling.
  • Wallet developers need to evaluate hash-based and post-quantum signatures; large holders and custodians should review cold storage processes and address reuse habits.

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