Justin Drake

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has endorsed a call by Ethereum researcher Justin Drake for the crypto industry to enter 'bunker mode', warning that rapid advances in AI-driven mathematics could break wallet security within months. Drake urges developers to prepare defenses against AI-assisted cryptanalytic breakthroughs before they arrive. The warning is drawing wide attention across the crypto and security communities, with debate over how real and how near the threat is.