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Ethereum researcher calls for 'bunker mode' crypto migration, says AI could crack keys before quantum does
Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake urged the blockchain industry to begin a precautionary migration of funds to unused addresses, arguing AI could break cryptographic keys before quantum computers do.
More than 6 million bitcoin sit behind exposed public keys, Glassnode data shows, as "bunker mode" warnings spread
Glassnode data cited by CoinDesk shows 6 million-plus bitcoin, 31.2% of supply, now sit behind public keys visible on-chain, as an Ethereum researcher urges "bunker mode" against hypothetical AI attacks on wallet cryptography.
Ethereum's Justin Drake urges 'bunker mode' as he warns ECDSA could break in 'months not years'
Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake urged holders to begin shifting funds to never-used addresses, warning that the ECDSA signature scheme behind Bitcoin and Ethereum could be broken in "months not years.
Researchers cut a key quantum-attack benchmark for Bitcoin and Ethereum in half — with caveats attached
A crowdsourced challenge run through Eigen Labs' ECDSA.Fail cut the estimated quantum resources for a core step of a Bitcoin and Ethereum attack to roughly 1.5 billion, more than half below Google's March benchmark, though the two counts aren't strictly comparable.
Starkware Says It Ran Bitcoin's First 'Quantum-Safe' Transaction. The Receipts Are Thin.
Decrypt reported on 27 August that Starkware says it has carried out Bitcoin's first experimental quantum-safe transaction, a company-sourced claim with no independent confirmation yet published.
StarkWare says it pushed through a quantum-resistant Bitcoin transaction — by going around the network
StarkWare says it executed the first Bitcoin transaction hardened against quantum attack, using brute-forced signatures that a MARA mining pool had to accept directly because ordinary nodes would reject it.
Hong Kong's regulator scores its banks 2.3 out of 10 on quantum readiness
Hong Kong's central bank scored its banking sector 2.3 out of 10 on a new quantum-readiness index, with roughly half of surveyed banks yet to formalize any post-quantum cryptography plan.
Galaxy commits up to $5M to prep Bitcoin for a quantum threat that doesn't exist yet
Galaxy has pledged up to $5 million in milestone-based developer grants and formed an advisory council to prepare Bitcoin for a future quantum-computing threat that experts agree does not exist yet.
A quantum recovery tool for frozen bitcoin — that can't reach Satoshi's coins
Quantum research firm Project Eleven says it has built a fast zero-knowledge proof to recover frozen quantum-vulnerable bitcoin, but it can't rescue Satoshi's ~1.1 million coins or any pre-2012 wallet.
BitGo says it will ship quantum-risk tools for institutional Bitcoin wallets 'in coming weeks'
BitGo said Thursday it will roll out tools in the coming weeks to help institutions measure and cut Bitcoin wallets' exposure to a future quantum-computing attack, built on its existing multi-signature setup.
StarkWare lays out a three-phase plan to make Starknet quantum-resistant — and calls it crypto's 'strongest'
StarkWare published a three-phase plan to make its Starknet network resistant to quantum computers, replacing elliptic-curve cryptography and adding migration tools, and billed it as crypto's "strongest" such roadmap to date.