Bitcoin Red Team Scans Ecosystem With 20 Volunteers as Chinese AI Models Outpace U.S. Tools
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Updated · Decrypt · Aug 22
Bitcoin Red Team Scans Ecosystem With 20 Volunteers as Chinese AI Models Outpace U.S. Tools
3 articles · Updated · Decrypt · Aug 22
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About 20 to 25 Bitcoin Red Team volunteers have already swept almost the entire significant open-source Bitcoin ecosystem, sharing flaws with developers to get fixes out before attackers can weaponize them.
Calle said the push accelerated after the Coldcard wallet hack and newer AI models made end-to-end exploitation possible even for people with limited security expertise, turning wallets, apps and services into the main weak points rather than Bitcoin itself.
Chinese AI models are used far more than U.S. ones for that work because American systems often block cybersecurity-related prompts, even when developers are trying to identify or patch known vulnerabilities.
The group has spent about $20,000 so far and says funding is secured, reflecting a broader view that crypto is facing AI-driven attacks earlier than other industries because internet money offers immediate financial rewards.