9arm dropped some wild alpha on RSA encryption costs in his latest stream.
AI cracked RSA-896. Not through some breakthrough algo—just brute-forced the old methods across 2,048 GPUs for ~10 days.
Here's the cost breakdown he laid out:
• 896-bit: ~$600k to crack
• 1024-bit: ~$30M to crack
• 2048-bit: Still safe... for now
The real question: Who's dropping $30M+ to crack a single private key?
Unless you're holding nation-state level bags or some lost $BTC wallet worth billions, the economics don't make sense. Yet.
But remember—compute gets cheaper, models get smarter. What costs millions today might cost thousands tomorrow.
If you're still using 1024-bit anywhere in your stack, might wanna upgrade. 2048-bit is the floor now.
AI cracked RSA-896. Not through some breakthrough algo—just brute-forced the old methods across 2,048 GPUs for ~10 days.
Here's the cost breakdown he laid out:
• 896-bit: ~$600k to crack
• 1024-bit: ~$30M to crack
• 2048-bit: Still safe... for now
The real question: Who's dropping $30M+ to crack a single private key?
Unless you're holding nation-state level bags or some lost $BTC wallet worth billions, the economics don't make sense. Yet.
But remember—compute gets cheaper, models get smarter. What costs millions today might cost thousands tomorrow.
If you're still using 1024-bit anywhere in your stack, might wanna upgrade. 2048-bit is the floor now.
