Ben DiFrancesco

What Ben DiFrancesco has said on podcasts

11 statements

1. on Governance tokensNegativeOct 8, 2026· Unchained

   Governance-token value must exceed the economic incentive to steal protocol-protected assets.

   “if the value of the token drops below what it would be worth to steal the assets. that the protocol protects, then it's not just like something that you can just say like, ah, we don't care about the price. That's not our focus. Like, no, that's like a key component to why the system works.”

   Listen at 0:20

   Open the episode · How OpenAI's Math Dump Has Crypto Rethinking Its Cryptography: Uneasy Money
2. on Cryptographic key brute-forcingPositiveOct 8, 2026· Unchained

   Expensive compute limits the practical risk of brute-forcing cryptographic keys.

   “the compute is now very expensive. And that actually helps helps here as well”

   Listen at 14:52

   Open the episode · How OpenAI's Math Dump Has Crypto Rethinking Its Cryptography: Uneasy Money
3. on Large crypto infrastructure custodiansNegativeOct 8, 2026· Unchained

   Large infrastructure custodians would be first targets if key brute-forcing became feasible.

   “they would be the first targets right the ones who are like custodying enormous amounts of assets”

   Listen at 15:28

   Open the episode · How OpenAI's Math Dump Has Crypto Rethinking Its Cryptography: Uneasy Money

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