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ForkLog: Justin Drake says AI could break ECDSA before quantum computers
AI-translated secondary report reproducing extended passages attributed to Drake and Buterin, including their conditional warnings, fresh-address idea, and instructions not to rush. This does not substitute for direct authentication of the inaccessible original X posts.
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
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- secondary reporting
Evidence record
AI-translated secondary report reproducing extended passages attributed to Drake and Buterin, including their conditional warnings, fresh-address idea, and instructions not to rush. This does not substitute for direct authentication of the inaccessible original X posts.
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- supportsCan AI recover a wallet private key? The proof that is still missing: In his October 7, 2026 public warning, Justin Drake framed possible rapid AI-assisted private-key recovery, including a months-long horizon and a week-long GPU-cluster example, as a worst-case hypothetical rather than a demonstrated exploit.
October 8 article, reproduced Drake thread: paragraphs beginning "Today I call upon" and "IMO it is now reasonable"; commentary immediately below thread