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Vitalik Buterin Warns AI Could Break Crypto’s Quantum Defences

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has warned that AI-driven advances in mathematics could weaken some of the cryptography designed to protect crypto from quantum computers. In a post on X o

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October 8, 2026
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Vitalik Buterin Warns AI Could Break Crypto’s Quantum Defences
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has warned that AI-driven advances in mathematics could weaken some of the cryptography designed to protect crypto from quantum computers.

In a post on X on Wednesday, Buterin said it was “plausible” that lattice-based cryptography could be weakened within the next two years. “There is a good chance that the concrete security of lattices will take serious hits from the next two years of AI math,” he wrote.

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