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Bitcoin Red Team identifies thousands of vulnerabilities using Chinese AI
The Bitcoin Red Team, a group of developers and security researchers, has completed a comprehensive scan of the Bitcoin open-source ecosystem, uncovering significant vulnerabilities. The team reported finding 4,962 anomalies across 390 projects, which included 85 critical and 635 high-urgency issues.
To conduct these audits, the group has increasingly relied on Chinese AI models, specifically Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI, and GLM 5.2 from Z.ai. Team leader Calle noted that US-based models from OpenAI and Anthropic often impose cyber-security restrictions that hinder deep research, whereas the Chinese models allow for more extensive code analysis.
The researchers utilize a combination of automated AI-driven code analysis and human verification. They have adopted a policy of reporting suspicious findings privately to developers to facilitate fixes before the details are made public. The team highlighted that the Lightning Network software is particularly challenging to audit due to its inherent complexity.
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Bitcoin · Bitcoin Red Team · Calle · Kimi K3 · Moonshot AI
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- [● 3 SOURCES] The team uses the Chinese AI model Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI to conduct security audits. block-builders.de · www.btc-echo.de
- [○ 1 SOURCE] The Bitcoin Red Team identified 4,962 anomalies in 390 BTC projects, including 85 critical and 635 high-urgency problems. block-builders.de
- [● 3 SOURCES] Lightning network software is particularly difficult to audit due to its complexity. block-builders.de · www.btc-echo.de
- [● 2 SOURCES] The Bitcoin Red Team lead described the current state of the ecosystem as 'everything is broken, Bitcoin is burning'. block-builders.de · www.btc-echo.de
- [○ 1 SOURCE] US-based AI models like Claude and ChatGPT have too many restrictions for security-related tasks. block-builders.de
- [● 2 SOURCES] The team reports findings privately to developers to allow for fixes before public disclosure. www.btc-echo.de