
Anthropic said on October 16 that a research model reconstructed P-256’s unexplained starting numbers using a basic random generator and 1997–98 timestamps. Bounty organizer Filippo Valsorda verified the recipe, weakening longstanding suspicion that the NSA planted a weakness in the curve used by Ethereum passkey wallets. But questions remain, including the base point. A reproducible origin narrows one concern; it is not a blanket security proof. //zero illusion
