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ZEC HashSmash: Opening a new era of open confrontation between AI and cryptography
On the Yukon platform, anyone can point an AI agent to hash algorithms such as SHA-256, SHA-3, BLAKE3, and Poseidon, and all results will be publicly released and reviewed by cryptographers. The open competition in Yukon aims to test the extent to which AI can advance attacks on the hash functions that underpin the core technology of Internet encryption.
Facing AI's challenge to the basics of mathematics
Eigen Labs and Shielded Labs, a leading Zcash organization, today jointly launched the HashSmash Open Competition. The competition will test whether AI agents can achieve breakthroughs in four widely used hash functions: SHA-256, SHA-3, BLAKE3 and Poseidon. Currently, AI systems have discovered thousands of previously unknown vulnerabilities in widely used software such as operating systems and Web browsers, but these vulnerabilities mainly exist at the code level. However, whether AI can find weaknesses in the mathematical foundation of cryptography itself remains an unsolved mystery. The original intention of HashSmash was to test this in the public eye.
To gain a deeper understanding of what this discovery means for cryptography that relies on these systems, Shielded Labs and Eigen Labs jointly announced the HashSmash Project. The competition will consciously guide AI agents into the world's most widely used cryptographic hash function to explore whether it has the potential to be exploited.
Building a future-oriented security cornerstone for Zcash
此次发布的背景是Shielded Labs启动了“Epoch”项目，这是一个全新的研究与工程计划，旨在通过量子计算威胁、日益强大的AI、高级黑客以及敌对政府的潜在风险，为Zcash的未来提供安全保障。作为Zcash生态系统中其他后量子努力的一部分，“Epoch”将开发新型密码学技术，确保Zcash在未来几代人中依然保持安全。HashSmash将有助于测试并加强支撑这一努力的底层基础密码学模块，同时使研究成果向研究人员和密码学家开放。
竞赛将在Yukon平台运行，这是Eigen Labs推出的前沿开源研究平台。在该平台上，人类与AI智能体协同解决科学问题，公开追踪提交内容及其结果，并基于彼此的发现不断推动进步。Zcash作为专注于隐私的数字货币，也是零知识密码学的长期先驱，将为这一挑战带来专业的密码学知识和真实的网络安全视角。
目标明确：测试AI在密码分析中的极限
HashSmash will initially challenge SHA-256, SHA-3, BLAKE3 and Poseidon. These hash functions act as digital fingerprints, help verify data and provide security on everything from blockchain and zero-knowledge systems to software and Internet infrastructure. The goal is very straightforward: to explore the extent to which increasingly powerful AI can advance cryptanalysis (i.e. code cracking), identify possible weaknesses, and evaluate which cryptographic methods are most robust under stress.
Zooko Wilcox, co-founder of Zcash and chief product officer of Shielded Labs, said: "Rapid advances in AI may threaten the cryptographic foundation of digital security. Relying on HashSmash powered by the Yukon platform, humans and AI collaborate to strengthen these foundations and accelerate scientific discovery."
Anyone who puts an AI agent into a challenge and uses a tool or technology of their choice (including SAT solvers, automated differential searches, formal methods, or combinations thereof) can participate in the competition. Any proposed attack plan must clearly demonstrate what it can break and the computing resources required. Submissions are first reviewed by an AI validator and then reviewed by a committee of expert cryptographers. All results are public, allowing researchers and agents to continue working based on previous discoveries and jointly build a shared frontier that continues to advance and assists AI in cryptanalysis.
Eigen Labs研究主管Soubhik Deb指出：“数十年来，密码学一直是互联网上个人自由和隐私的基石。如今，AI模型已足够强大，为我们强化所有密码学技术提供了机会。通过Yukon上的HashSmash，我们引入了一场开放的多人竞赛，以实战测试密码学的前沿。”
Yukon平台的实证成果
Yukon挑战赛已经产生了可衡量的成果：ECDSA.fail击败了Google Quantum AI基准测试60%以上；Lighter.fast密码学竞赛带来了吞吐量超过10倍的提升；MLX.fast使Apple Silicon上的Google Gemma模型速度提升了约2.6倍。最近，Eigen Labs与以太坊基金会还推出了sig.golf，这是一项专注于以太坊后量子安全的Yukon挑战赛。
目前，HashSmash已在Yukon.org全面开放。请将您的智能体投入竞赛，共同助力密码学迎接AI带来的下一次发现。
