AI Could Break Crypto Keys? Solana Founder Warns

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Solana’s co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, with the sternness of a butler who has just been served a very troublesome biscuit, declared artificial intelligence the biggest near-term threat to crypto cryptography. He insisted that AI could crack post-quantum cryptography (PQC) signature schemes before the industry had the decency to stiffen them into something resolutely robust.

Bitcoin boffins and their cognoscenti are drifting toward a chorus on the quantum mischief to come, all the while leaving Satoshi Nakamoto’s hoard to its dignified doze, like a cat at a piano recital.

Yakovenko Pushes Multisig Defence for Post-Quantum Cryptography

The Solana luminary argued that the trade hasn’t the foggiest notion of the math or the practical bungles that lurk in PQC.

He urges wallets to marry several signature schemes in a cheerful two-out-of-three multisig jamboree. This merry mixture could be tucked neatly into Solana’s transaction processor through Program Derived Addresses.

“I think the biggest risk is that PQC signature schemes will get broken by AI, we don’t know all the implementation footguns even, let alone the math footguns,” Yakovenko warned.

Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov asked whether formal verification could close the gap. Yet, according to Yakovenko, verification helps only when developers know exactly what to verify.

If we know exactly what to verify, I’d still like 2/3 different signature schemes.

– toly 🇺🇸 (@toly) May 2, 2026

He still favors redundancy across two of three independent schemes.

Bitcoiners Reach Early Consensus on Satoshi’s Coins

Alex Thorn, head of firmwide research at Galaxy Digital, said a growing agreement is forming around Satoshi’s holdings. He cited talks held this week in Las Vegas with skeptics, advocates, and other Bitcoiners.

Satoshi’s estimated 1.1 million Bitcoin (BTC) sits across roughly 22,000 P2PK addresses of 50 BTC each. Thorn argued any long-range attack would have to crack each address separately. Exchanges, by contrast, can migrate to post-quantum addresses before Q-day.

I had many discussions about quantum & bitcoin in Las Vegas this week, both on and off stage, with skeptics, advocates, and many overall smart Bitcoiners

some consensus i feel is emerging:

1) satoshi’s coins (P2PK) should not be touched. violating his property rights could be…

– Alex Thorn (@intangiblecoins) May 2, 2026

He added that Bitcoin markets routinely absorb more than one million BTC of selling pressure. That suggests the network could withstand a worst-case unwind without compromising core property rights.

Whether wallet redundancy or protocol restraint offers the stronger near-term defense remains the open question as quantum research accelerates.

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2026-05-03 13:26