Solana Founder Warns AI Could Break Post-Quantum Cryptography Schemes

Solana co-founder, Anatoly Yakovenko, calls artificial intelligence (AI) the biggest imminent threat to the cryptography behind cryptoassets. He says AI could crack post-quantum cryptography (PQC) signature schemes before the industry strengthens its security.

Bitcoin developers and analysts are now beginning to agree on the future quantum threat without disrupting Satoshi Nakamoto’s ownership.

Yakovenko Pushes Multisig Defense for Post-Quantum Cryptography

The Solana co-founder believes the industry has not yet fully understood the mathematical vulnerabilities or the implementation of PQC.

He wants wallets to combine multiple signature schemes with a two-of-three multisig system. This setup can be natively supported by Solana’s transaction processors through Program Derived Addresses.

“In my view, the biggest risk is that the PQC signature scheme will be broken by AI. We don’t even know all the traps from the implementation side, let alone the mathematics,” Yakovenko said.

Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov had asked whether formal verification could plug that gap. However, according to Yakovenko, verification only helps if developers already know exactly what needs to be verified.

He still prefers redundancy with two-of-three independent schemes.

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