Ethereum Researcher Warns Superhuman AI Could Break Crypto Sooner Than Quantum Computers
moonsandhues · x · 2026-10-08
A widely shared post claims an Ethereum Foundation bitcoin researcher warns that superhuman AI might break ECDSA — the cryptography securing Bitcoin and Ethereum — before quantum computers do, urging cold-storage 'bunker' moves. The chain's security rests on one-way key derivation, and the claim, while sounding extreme, is fueling AGI-risk debate. Commenter moonsandhues adds that in a post-AGI world there may be no privacy or security at all. Unverified speculation.
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