Vitalik Buterin: take AI’s threat to crypto cryptography seriously — but do not scramble
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Vitalik Buterin answered calls for a rushed “bunker mode” wallet migration with caution: take the risks to cryptography from AI-accelerated math seriously, but do not scramble to move funds today. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin weighed in on October 7, 2026, after a warning that artificial intelligence could undermine the signatures that secure Bitcoin and Ethereum wallets before quantum computers do. His line was caution without panic: prepare, do not rush a mass wallet migration. The exchange landed as Bitcoin traded below $83,000 and the warning split the industry. CoinDesk reported the slide and the debate the same morning.
Source: Cryptopress
