If privacy is cooked, then crypto is cooked (private keys compromised).
Predictor: Alex Wissner-Gross · ep#231 "Top AI News: Sonnet 4.6, Grok 4.2, Gemini 3 Deep Think, and OpenClaw | EP #231" · source
Prediction text
If privacy is cooked, then crypto is cooked (private keys compromised). | if you think privacy is cooked, then you probably should infer that crypto is cooked as well. Uh your your private keys cooked. If you think privacy is cooked, therefore your holdings cooked.
Verbatim quote
if you think privacy is cooked, then you probably should infer that crypto is cooked as well. Uh your your private keys cooked. If you think privacy is cooked, therefore your holdings cooked.
Predictor: Alex Wissner-Gross
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Milestone chain
- 2026-06-01 → 2027-06-30pendingBitcoin BIP-360 (post-quantum addresses) activated on mainnetHow: Bitcoin BIP-360 or successor PQ-address proposal activated on Bitcoin mainnet (signal-bit transition complete) by Q2 2027 per current roadmapSource: Adam Back: 'BIP-360 migration tools target mainnet readiness Q2 2026'; activation likely laterconf 40%
- 2026-06-01 → 2027-12-31pendingNIST IR 8547 final published deprecation timeline for ECDSA/RSAHow: NIST publishes final IR 8547 (Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards) confirming 2031 deprecation, 2035 disallow timelineSource: NIST IR 8547 currently initial public draft; final publication is regulatory anchorconf 85%
- 2026-06-01 → 2028-06-30pendingCryptographically-relevant quantum computer (CRQC) public demonstrationHow: IBM, Google, or PsiQuantum publishes peer-reviewed paper or NIST-confirmed demonstration of fault-tolerant quantum computer with >=1M logical qubits OR equivalent capability to factor 256-bit integersSource: Survey: 33% of experts >=50% probability CRQC by 2030-2035; pre-2028 milestone is leading signalconf 10%Notes: Most aggressive claim — CRQC by Jun 2028 has very low probability.
- 2026-06-01 → 2028-06-30pendingMajor exchange or custodian (Coinbase, Binance, Fidelity Digital) loss event tied to private-key compromise >$1BHow: Public disclosure (8-K, exchange announcement, or law-enforcement filing) of $1B+ loss attributable to private-key compromise (not exchange hack of operational hot wallet — must be cryptographic key compromise)Source: Wissner-Gross claim — privacy compromise → key compromise → holdings compromiseconf 10%
- 2026-06-01 → 2028-06-30pendingPrivacy regulation: EU/US enacts comprehensive surveillance/data-collection frameworkHow: EU AI Act enforcement or US federal privacy bill enacted that materially expands government surveillance of communications/financial flows; 'privacy is cooked' precondition observableSource: Wissner-Gross conditional logic — privacy compromise must precede crypto compromiseconf 45%
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Linked documents (5)
| Sim | Source | Title | Market prob | Polarity | Reviewed | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.579 | manifold | figure out the code - Insider trading and bluffing | — | mentions | pending | 2026-05-06 |
| 0.560 | arxiv | Integrating Feature Correlation in Differential Privacy with Applications in DP-ERM | — | mentions | pending | 2026-05-05 |
| 0.550 | arxiv | Graph Reconstruction from Differentially Private GNN Explanations | — | mentions | pending | 2026-05-05 |
| 0.547 | edgar_8k | Cipher Digital Inc. (CIFR) (CIK 0001819989) | — | mentions | pending | 2026-05-05 |
| 0.529 | polymarket | Epstein suicide note released by May 8? | 0% | mentions | pending | 2026-04-30 |
Raw metadata
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"caveats": "Conditional on privacy being cooked; explicit NIA disclaimer",
"context": "if you think privacy is cooked, then you probably should infer that crypto is cooked as well. Uh your your private keys cooked. If you think privacy is cooked, therefore your holdings cooked. Cook cooked...it's not forward-looking financial advice. It's just pointing out informationally that if you think privacy is cooked, then you probably should infer that crypto is cooked as well.",
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