Solana Co-Founder Warns AI May Break Post-Quantum Cryptography
Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana, warned that AI could be the biggest short-term threat to cryptocurrency cryptography, potentially breaking post-quantum cryptography (PQC) signature schemes before the industry can strengthen them.
He pointed out the industry's insufficient understanding of the implementation of PQC and mathematical vulnerabilities, which pose unknown risks, and called for support for multi-signature wallet solutions like Fuse Wallet, or integration through native PDAs in transaction processors.
Crypto investors and developers are accelerating the evaluation of quantum and AI security solutions, shifting funds from single-signature wallets to multi-verification infrastructure. The Solana ecosystem and post-quantum compatible projects will benefit, while traditional single-key wallets and unupgraded protocols face pressure.
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Anatoly Yakovenko previously promoted Solana's adoption of the Falcon post-quantum signature scheme. This warning about AI threats continues the trajectory from quantum computing risks to AI accelerating the exploitation of unknown vulnerabilities. Earlier, Solana completed a preliminary implementation of PQC and open-sourced it, demonstrating its proactive approach to security.
On the capital front, Yakovenko urged the community to support 2/3 multi-signatures and PDA integration. The Solana ecosystem is mobilizing resources to enhance protection through developer tools and wallet collaborations, with a strategic motive to establish wallet security standards in the AI era, locking user assets and developer traffic within high-security infrastructure.
Similar to the Ethereum L2 quantum security controversy or long-term discussions on Bitcoin and quantum threats, blockchain security is in the early stages of transitioning from post-quantum to AI + quantum hybrid threats, with public chains that support native PQC and multi-signatures gaining control.
Essentially, this is a technological replacement: AI accelerates traditional cryptanalysis, with mechanisms for quickly discovering sufficient implementations and mathematical vulnerabilities, forcing wallet security to shift from single-key trust to multi-verification and native integration, transferring pricing power from general wallets to protocol layers that support strategic multi-signatures and PDAs, accelerating capital concentration towards ecosystems with forward-looking security designs.
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The faster AI discovers unknown vulnerabilities, the more post-quantum protection requires multiple layers of insurance; a single solution is always the biggest risk point. The more cryptography relies on mathematical assumptions, the easier it is for AI to find sufficient implementations; multi-layer verification is the real barrier. The sooner founders promote multi-signatures and PDAs, the later the ecosystem will be breached by AI; the speed of defense determines long-term survival.