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‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery

CoinDesk·October 17, 2026·1 min read
‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery

Claude, an AI model, cracked a 25-year NSA number mystery, revealing that numbers the spy agency handed over in the 1990s, long suspected of hiding a backdoor, came from a basic computer program. Bitcoin was never on that list, and its quantum problem hasn't gone anywhere.

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