【Ethereum core researcher warns of cryptographic risks as Glamsterdam upgrade advances scaling on testnet】
According to reports from several media outlets, including Decrypt and The Block, Ethereum researcher Justin Drake recently urged cryptocurrency holders to calmly prepare for “bunker mode.” His primary concern is that threats from artificial intelligence in cracking cryptography may arrive before quantum computing does. He advised users to consider moving their assets to new addresses that conceal public keys using hashes. The remarks sparked considerable debate in the industry. Some market observers believe this premature concern has disrupted conventional market expectations and even created an emotional link with price movements in some major assets around the same time.
Meanwhile, Ethereum has made tangible progress on scaling its underlying technology. According to Deep Tide TechFlow, Ethereum’s next major upgrade, Glamsterdam, went live on the Sepolia testnet on October 6. Data shows that the testnet’s block capacity was substantially increased in a short time, while the time required to execute equivalent blocks fell noticeably. As a major fundamental variable for ETH in recent years, a significant increase in L1 throughput is widely anticipated. The mainnet upgrade is currently still targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026.
However, the upgrade’s actual implementation still faces a number of practical tests. Since it has been delayed several times before, market analysts generally believe that whether it can be activated smoothly at subsequent milestones as scheduled will be key to validating the scaling results and development progress. The researcher’s forward-looking warning about cryptographic security and the large-scale push to expand technical capacity are unfolding in parallel, reflecting how the network is pursuing the limits of performance while carefully reassessing its long-term security and cryptographic foundations.
As security warnings and scaling tests occur simultaneously, differences within the community over the technical roadmap and potential risks are also becoming apparent. On one hand is the performance potential unlocked by a substantial increase in underlying throughput; on the other is deep concern that the boundaries of cryptography may be reshaped in the future. How these conflicting signals will guide the network’s evolution remains a question the industry should continue to watch closely.
Related tokens: $ETH $BTC
According to reports from several media outlets, including Decrypt and The Block, Ethereum researcher Justin Drake recently urged cryptocurrency holders to calmly prepare for “bunker mode.” His primary concern is that threats from artificial intelligence in cracking cryptography may arrive before quantum computing does. He advised users to consider moving their assets to new addresses that conceal public keys using hashes. The remarks sparked considerable debate in the industry. Some market observers believe this premature concern has disrupted conventional market expectations and even created an emotional link with price movements in some major assets around the same time.
Meanwhile, Ethereum has made tangible progress on scaling its underlying technology. According to Deep Tide TechFlow, Ethereum’s next major upgrade, Glamsterdam, went live on the Sepolia testnet on October 6. Data shows that the testnet’s block capacity was substantially increased in a short time, while the time required to execute equivalent blocks fell noticeably. As a major fundamental variable for ETH in recent years, a significant increase in L1 throughput is widely anticipated. The mainnet upgrade is currently still targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026.
However, the upgrade’s actual implementation still faces a number of practical tests. Since it has been delayed several times before, market analysts generally believe that whether it can be activated smoothly at subsequent milestones as scheduled will be key to validating the scaling results and development progress. The researcher’s forward-looking warning about cryptographic security and the large-scale push to expand technical capacity are unfolding in parallel, reflecting how the network is pursuing the limits of performance while carefully reassessing its long-term security and cryptographic foundations.
As security warnings and scaling tests occur simultaneously, differences within the community over the technical roadmap and potential risks are also becoming apparent. On one hand is the performance potential unlocked by a substantial increase in underlying throughput; on the other is deep concern that the boundaries of cryptography may be reshaped in the future. How these conflicting signals will guide the network’s evolution remains a question the industry should continue to watch closely.
Related tokens: $ETH $BTC