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

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has expressed support for a 'bunker mode' for cryptocurrency wallets, suggesting that advances in AI could potentially break wallet security within months. Buterin's comment was in response to a warning from Justin Drake, a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, who stated that AI could potentially be used to crack wallet encryption within a short timeframe. Drake's comment was made in the context of rapid advancements in AI math, which could be leveraged to brute-force decrypt wallet encryption. This has led some to speculate that the use of 'bunker mode' for wallets, which would involve storing a seed phrase in a secure location outside of the wallet itself, could become a necessary precaution.