Vitalik Buterin backs crypto ‘bunker mode’ amid rapid AI math advances

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has endorsed warnings from researcher Justin Drake that rapid advances in artificial intelligence could compromise cryptocurrency security through ECDSA cryptography before quantum computers pose a threat. Drake recommends users gradually migrate funds to fresh wallets with unexposed public keys, while Buterin warns that even lattice-based "quantum-resistant" cryptography may be vulnerable to AI-accelerated mathematical breakthroughs, citing recent AI achievements in solving complex mathematical problems.