Claude cracks decades-old NIST elliptic curve seed mystery in under 30 minutes
JohnJLicata · x · 2026-10-17
Per Cointelegraph, Claude solved the decades-old mystery of NIST elliptic curve seeds in under 30 minutes, tracing the seeds back to timestamps. The case highlights LLMs' ability to tackle cryptographic archaeology and reverse-analysis problems that resisted human researchers for years.
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