Current blockchain infrastructure rests on cryptographic foundations that may be more fragile than assumed. Elliptic curve cryptography and RSA-based key systems—two pillars of wallet security—are drawing serious scrutiny from researchers.

The risks compound when users reuse wallet addresses. Each transaction exposes additional data, and addresses that remain active over extended periods face heightened vulnerability. Most major blockchains still depend on these same primitives, meaning a widespread breakthrough in cryptanalysis could have cascading effects across the ecosystem.

As on-chain activities grow, so does the incentive for adversaries to tackle these systems. It's worth asking: are our security assumptions aging faster than we realize?