Industry Leaders Downplay AI Cryptography Threats as Bitcoin Core Updates Vulnerability Disclosure Rules

Industry leaders including Changpeng Zhao and Vitalik Buterin have downplayed warnings that artificial intelligence will break Bitcoin's underlying cryptography, pointing instead to immediate risks from AI-driven phishing and social engineering. In response to AI-assisted tools that make code flaws easier to detect, Bitcoin Core has updated its security vulnerability disclosure policy. Under the revised framework announced by developer Antoine Poinsot, easily discoverable bugs will bypass long embargoes and receive immediate patches across all active versions alongside public advisories, following an August sweep that flagged nearly 5,000 potential issues across over 390 projects.