The NIST Elliptic Curves Seeds Bounty Has Been Claimed
Summary
The NIST elliptic curves seeds were revealed to be generated by the drand48 RNG seeded with timestamps from 1997–98. Anthropic solved the seeds mystery and donated the bounty to ISRG; the post discusses implications for ECC security, debunking conspiracy theories about seeds and backdoors, and notes the broader context of post-quantum readiness.