Security experts warn that AI is accelerating the threat of quantum computing, and the crypto industry faces a continuous security arms race.

According to ME News, on May 24th (UTC+8), several researchers in the fields of post-quantum cryptography and blockchain security stated that AI is accelerating the development of quantum computing and forcing the crypto industry to re-examine the reliability of existing security systems. Project Eleven CEO Alex Pruden pointed out that researchers are already using machine learning to optimize quantum error correction—one of the biggest engineering bottlenecks in quantum computing. Illia Polosukhin, co-founder of NEAR Protocol and former Google AI researcher, warned that the "harvest now, decrypt the future" strategy already poses a real threat, meaning attackers collect encrypted traffic now and decrypt it later when quantum computers mature, "which may already be happening." Since most blockchain networks rely on the same elliptic curve cryptography as the internet, once quantum computers are powerful enough, it is theoretically possible to derive private keys from public keys, thereby compromising wallets and systems. Researchers point out that the combination of AI and quantum computing is creating a continuous security arms race; security protection will no longer be static infrastructure but must continuously evolve and upgrade. Currently, multiple blockchain ecosystems, including Ethereum, Solana, and NEAR, are actively promoting post-quantum cryptography migration solutions. (Source: ME)