Drake and Buterin urge crypto industry to prepare for private key compromise from AI
- —Drake: ECDSA may be broken by AI-accelerated math breakthroughs, not quantum computers
- —Recommendation: move assets to addresses with no signing history and rotate keys after each operation
- —Buterin: risks also apply to lattice cryptography such as ML-DSA and FHE, with a roughly two-year horizon
- —Both warned against hasty migration, saying errors in mass transfers could cause more harm
Why it matters: Large holders and systemically important signers such as oracles and L2 security councils may overhaul key management, affecting network security.
Source: Incrypted
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