Replay 2026 / talk 12

Will AI Break Cryptography?

AI × crypto panel · 23:47

cryptotech

David Hoffman of Bankless moderates a panel with Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly, Illia Polosukhin, cofounder of NEAR, and Balaji Srinivasan, on whether AI and the math singularity will break cryptography.
Websites:
Haseeb Qureshi: https://haseebq.com
Illia Polosukhin: https://near.org
David Hoffman: https://www.bankless.com
Balaji Srinivasan: https://balajis.com
OUTLINE
1:11 - Cryptographic doomerism
5:10 - Public key cryptography may not work
6:54 - Blockchains historically have been designed to be very resistant to change
7:22 - Peacetime governance versus wartime
9:53 - Is th

Chapters (9)

0:00 · <Untitled Chapter 1>1:11 · Cryptographic doomerism 5:10 · Public key cryptography may not work 6:54 · Blockchains historically have been designed to be very resistant to change 7:22 · Peacetime governance versus wartime 9:53 · Is this an opportunity for the network state side of the world to shine?10:38 · The cryptographic defense department 13:48 · There's a natural balance between attack and defense with AI 17:49 · Pure math is about to have an AI-like bidding war

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