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title: "‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery"
url: https://thecoingazette.com/wow-its-a-real-discovery-claude-cracks-a-25-year-nsa-number-mystery/
date: 2026-10-17
modified: 2026-10-17
lang: en
author: "Coin Gazette Editorial"
description: "Numbers the spy agency handed over in the 1990s, long suspected of hiding a backdoor, turn out to have come from a basic computer program. Bitcoin was never on that list, and its quantum problem hasn’t gone anywhere."
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  - "Crypto News"
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# ‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery

Numbers the spy agency handed over in the 1990s, long suspected of hiding a backdoor, turn out to have come from a basic computer program. Bitcoin was never on that list, and its quantum problem hasn’t gone anywhere.