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Solana Founder Warns AI Could Break Post-Quantum Cryptography Schemes
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko describes artificial intelligence (AI) as the biggest imminent threat to cryptocurrency cryptography for 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 starting to agree on the future quantum threat without disrupting Satoshi Nakamoto’s ownership.
Yakovenko Pushes Multisig Defense for Post-Quantum Cryptography
Solana’s co-founder believes the industry has not yet fully understood the mathematical vulnerabilities and implementation issues 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 opinion, the biggest risk is that the PCQ signature scheme will be broken by AI. We don’t even know all the pitfalls from the implementation side, let alone the mathematics,” Yakovenko said.
Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov previously asked whether formal verification could cover 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 schemes that are independently implemented.
Bitcoiners Reach Early Consensus on Satoshi’s Coins
Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy Digital, says a consensus is beginning to form regarding Satoshi’s ownership. He cites several discussions taking place this week in Las Vegas with skeptics, supporters, and other Bitcoiners.
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belonging to Satoshi are spread across around 22,000 P2PK addresses, each containing 50 BTC. Thorn reveals that a long-range attack would need to break into each address one by one. Meanwhile, exchanges can migrate to post-quantum addresses before Q-day arrives.
He adds that the Bitcoin market can typically absorb selling pressure of more than one million BTC. This shows the network can still withstand the worst-case scenario without sacrificing the network’s core property rights.
Whether there is redundancy in wallets and restrictions at the protocol level remain open questions as quantum research continues to develop rapidly.