{"id":14300,"date":"2026-10-09T19:17:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T19:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=14300"},"modified":"2026-10-09T19:17:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T19:17:48","slug":"hoskinson-says-vitaliks-ai-warning-could-delay-quantum-defenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=14300","title":{"rendered":"Hoskinson says Vitalik\u2019s AI warning could delay quantum defenses"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson accused Vitalik Buterin of undermining quantum-resistant cryptography with speculative warnings about AI-driven mathematical breakthroughs.<\/p>\n

In an Oct. 9 post, Hoskinson challenged the Ethereum co-founder’s skepticism toward lattice-based cryptography, arguing that decades of security research had already accounted for the technology’s known weaknesses.<\/p>\n

He warned that encouraging developers to abandon established approaches could slow the adoption of protections already being deployed across internet infrastructure, leaving systems exposed to future quantum attacks.<\/p>\n

The criticism follows Buterin’s warning that AI-assisted mathematical discoveries could weaken cryptography designed to resist quantum computers.<\/p>\n

Buterin said Ethereum’s long-term \u201clean\u201d roadmap has moved toward hash-based signatures and proofs, avoiding lattice-based designs.<\/p>\n

Hoskinson rejected that reasoning, accusing Buterin of being too invested in Ethereum’s existing research direction to reconsider its approach.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe case against lattices is the GNFS story, a.k.a. a hunch about \u2018structure,’ and a multiplier pulled out of thin air,\u201d Hoskinson wrote.<\/p>\n

The dispute concerns post-quantum alternatives to the elliptic-curve signatures used by Bitcoin and Ethereum.<\/p>\n

Hoskinson challenges the mathematical case against lattices<\/h2>\n

Buterin’s concern draws partly on the history of integer factorization, where mathematical advances such as the general number field sieve dramatically improved techniques for attacking RSA encryption.<\/p>\n

He suggested that AI could deliver decades of comparable mathematical progress in a much shorter period, potentially revealing unexpected shortcuts against lattice-based systems.<\/p>\n

Hoskinson said the number field sieve emerged from techniques involving arithmetic relationships and smooth numbers, while no comparable mechanism has been demonstrated against the lattice problems underpinning modern post-quantum standards.<\/p>\n