A string of incidents involving Coldcard, Lightning and Liquid highlights how AI is changing the economics of finding bugs in bitcoin infrastructure.
- Recent security incidents involving Coldcard wallets, Core Lightning and Blockstream’s Liquid Network have exposed vulnerabilities in Bitcoin infrastructure and put hundreds of millions of dollars at risk.
- Bitcoin’s push toward smart contracts and faster off-chain transactions has created complex codebases that may be more vulnerable than its intentionally simple main layer.
- Developers say artificial intelligence can uncover deeply buried flaws at unprecedented scale, making even old and inactive open-source financial software a potential security risk.
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