‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery
📍 The outcome
Anthropic’s Claude AI identified the origins of the NSA‑provided cryptographic keys and the ECDSA curve, solving the 25‑year mystery in a brief analysis. The revelation sparked discussion about the implications for NIST prime curve seeds and Bitcoin’s design.
Epilogue added 23d ago, after coverage quieted.
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Who reported it (6)
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Claude reveals ECDSA curve origins Anthropic · 25d ago
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‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery CoinDesk · 25d ago broke it first
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