Justin Drake

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has endorsed a 'bunker mode' proposal for the crypto industry, urged by Ethereum researcher Justin Drake, who warns that rapid advances in AI-driven mathematics could break wallet cryptography within months. The idea calls for developers to prepare hardened fallback systems and contingency plans. The warning has sparked debate about how realistic the timeline is and whether current elliptic curve signatures face genuine near-term risk.