BITCOIN RED TEAM: “EVERYTHING IS BROKEN”
After two weeks using frontier AI to scan virtually the entire Bitcoin open-source ecosystem for vulnerabilities, Bitcoin Red Team member @callebtc says the “low hanging fruit is done,” with maintainers validating “a ton” of critical and high-severity findings.
His biggest takeaways:
Decades of accumulated open-source technical debt are suddenly colliding with AI capable of finding vulnerabilities at a speed and scale human researchers never could.
Lightning appears particularly exposed. Calle says its complexity means it is “more broken than the average,” while unmaintained Bitcoin projects should probably be assumed vulnerable until proven otherwise.
Projects that began building their own AI security and auditing pipelines months ago are now in a completely different position from those that waited.
The Red Team has now completed a basic scan of virtually the entire Bitcoin open-source ecosystem. The low-hanging fruit is largely gone, but external red teaming will likely need to continue indefinitely as AI capabilities improve.
Despite uncovering and reporting “a ton” of real critical and high-severity vulnerabilities, Calle believes the process is ultimately making Bitcoin stronger.
The same AI security reckoning will soon spread far beyond Bitcoin.
@isabellasg3@Scooterr16 don’t spend time talking to people that haven’t done what you’ve achieved in the space. Mándalos a que se laven el culo 😂. Cheers dude!
@isabellasg3 I think everyone will start freaking the fuck out, after what has happened the natural reaction is to start questioning yourself about how you have protected your bitcoin. Or even if you want to actually have that responsibility.
@great_martis bitcoiners don’t need pump posts, we don’t give a fuck bout that rat poison, maybe rest of the shitcoiners need that dopamine. 🧡 keep stacking bitches!
@mattunchi follow @Giovann35084111@sminston_with those are smart guys. Creo que estoy perdiéndome a otros dos o tres, pero Power Law stuff es mucho mejor que la droga de Plan B jajaja. Saludos!