Solana Founder Warns AI Could Uncover Post-Quantum Cryptography Schemes

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko calls artificial intelligence (AI) the biggest near-term threat to the cryptography behind crypto assets. He says AI could break post-quantum cryptography (PQC) signature schemes before the industry strengthens its security.

Bitcoin developers and analysts are now beginning to reach agreement about the future quantum threat—without affecting 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 weaknesses or the implementation risks of PQC.

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

“In my opinion, the biggest risk is that the PCQ signature scheme will be cracked 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 previously asked whether formal verification could plug those gaps. However, according to Yakovenko, verification only helps if developers already know exactly what needs to be verified.

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

Bitcoiners Reach Early Consensus on Satoshi’s Coins

Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy Digital, says a consensus is beginning to form around Satoshi’s ownership. He cites discussions taking place this week in Las Vegas with skeptics, supporters, and other Bitcoiners.

Estimated 1.1 million Bitcoin
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owned by Satoshi is spread across around 22,000 P2PK addresses, each holding 50 BTC. Thorn reveals that a long-range attack would need to breach every address one by one. Meanwhile, exchanges can migrate to post-quantum addresses before Q-day arrives.

He adds that the Bitcoin market typically can absorb selling pressure of more than 1 million BTC. This shows the network can still withstand the worst-case scenario without sacrificing the network’s core property rights.