Solana Founder Warns AI Could Disclose Post-Quantum Cryptography Schemes

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko described artificial intelligence (AI) as the biggest threat in the near term to cryptocurrency cryptography. He said AI could break post-quantum cryptography (PQC) signature schemes before the industry strengthens its security.

Bitcoin developers and analysts are now starting 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 weaknesses or the implementation shortcomings of PQC.

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

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

Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov previously asked whether formal verification could cover the 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 schemes that are independent of each other.

Bitcoiners Reach Early Consensus on Satoshi’s Coins

Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy Digital, said a consensus is starting to form regarding Satoshi’s ownership. He cited several discussions held this week in Las Vegas with skeptics, supporters, and other Bitcoiners.

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

He added that the Bitcoin market can typically absorb selling pressure of more than one million BTC. This shows the network can still hold up in the worst-case scenario without sacrificing the network’s core property rights.