Anthropic Researchers Solve NIST Curve Seed Mystery, Claim Bounty

Ten Anthropic researchers — John Wood, Henry de Valence, Ava Howell, Zack Voase, Lucy Sweet, Amir Omidi, Paul Crowley, Iain McGinniss, Nicholas Carlini and Steve Weis — solved the NIST elliptic-curve seeds riddle. The full bounty was claimed October 15, 2026 at 01:07:51 UTC and donated to ISRG, tripled to $36,864.