EigenLayerEigen Labs opens Yukon study to re-evaluate crypto foundations
Eigen Labs founder Sreeram Kannan announced a new open study on the Yukon platform, arguing that AI methods are now breaking long-standing cybersecurity assumptions and that it is time to re-evaluate the field's foundations. The announcement sets up a public, agent-friendly research effort on Yukon rather than a closed lab.
- The launch notes that turning a paper attack on SHA-256 into a real one took cryptographers 11 years — a problem being handed directly to AI agents.
- Comes as Yukon runs a series of cryptography-themed open challenges alongside StarkWare, the Ethereum Foundation, and AI-agent attack rounds on SHA-256, SHA-3, BLAKE3, and Poseidon.
- Amplified via Eigen's cloud account.
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- RT @sreeramkannan: Announcing https://t.co/qCyZHDoIqg on Yukon With AI methods breaking cybersecurity, it is time for us to evaluate found…x.com ↗
- RT @sreeramkannan: Announcing https://t.co/qCyZHDoIqg on Yukon With AI methods breaking cybersecurity, it is time for us to evaluate found…x.com ↗
- RT @sreeramkannan: Announcing https://t.co/qCyZHDoIqg on Yukon With AI methods breaking cybersecurity, it is time for us to evaluate found…x.com ↗
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