Solana Founder Warns AI Could Break Post-Quantum Cryptography Schemes

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko calls artificial intelligence (AI) the biggest imminent threat to crypto-asset cryptography. 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

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

He wants wallets to combine multiple signature schemes with a native two-out-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 PCQ signature schemes 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 previously asked whether formal verification could close that gap. However, according to Yakovenko, verification only helps if developers already know exactly what needs to be verified.

He still prefers redundancy using two of the three independent schemes.

Bitcoiners Reach Early Consensus on Satoshi’s Coins

Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy Digital, says there is a consensus that is beginning to form regarding Satoshi’s ownership. He cites 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 about 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 the 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.