Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake has urged crypto holders to prepare for a possible AI-assisted break of ECDSA, warning on Oct. 7 that a worst-case failure could arrive “in months not years” before quantum computers pose the expected threat.
Summary
- Justin Drake urged crypto holders to plan moves toward fresh addresses with unexposed public keys.
- Vitalik Buterin backed taking AI cryptography risks seriously but warned users against rushing wallet migrations.
- Ethereum already has a dedicated post-quantum team targeting core quantum-resistant infrastructure around 2029 for completion.
- NIST standardized hash-based SLH-DSA in 2024, providing an established…
