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Anthropic's Claude cracks a 25-year NSA curve mystery, what it means for bitcoin
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Fusion42 · 17 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
Anthropic's AI model solved a 25-year-old cryptographic mystery by tracing NSA-supplied numbers for elliptic curves to a basic random-number generator using timestamps from 1997 and 1998, disproving suspected backdoors in the NIST curves. Bitcoin was unaffected as it uses a different curve, but the quantum computing threat to cryptography remains.
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You face less risk from NSA backdoors in common cryptography choices thanks to this AI breakthrough. Focus instead on quantum-safe algorithms to protect your crypto assets from future threats.
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