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.Justin Drake: “Client diversity has saved Ethereum multiple times.” But what really stuck was: “There is a potential outcome here where it’s not quite quantum computers that break ECDSA, it’s actually AI.” “And so part of the rush… is not just to make Ethereum post-quantum secure, but it’s also... show more

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