Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson criticised Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s warning that advances in AI-driven mathematics could weaken lattice cryptography within two years. Hoskinson called the claim unfounded fear and said it relies too heavily on speculation without mathematical proof. He said lattice cryptography has been studied and rigorously tested for decades, with security assumptions refined over time. He also warned the view could harm cybersecurity efforts to protect internet communications from quantum computers.

The crypto industry is divided over a warning by Ethereum researcher Justin Drake (저스틴 드레이크) that AI could undermine cryptocurrency security. Drake said the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm, or ECDSA, could be cracked before “q-day,” and even without quantum computers, through advances in mathematics. He urged users to move funds gradually to new addresses that do not reveal public keys. Coinbase’s Yehuda Lindell rejected the claim as baseless, while Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi backed it.