Jameson Lopp: Smart-contract vulnerability

TL;DR Jameson Lopp argues that fears of AI breaking Bitcoin’s cryptography are premature compared with software vulnerabilities that AI can already help discover. His position distinguishes a theoretical ECDSA breakthrough from practical bugs in wallets, node software and surrounding infrastructure that can be exploited without breaking cryptographic mathematics. Lopp does not dismiss future cryptographic threats, ... Read more

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Sources

• https://crypto-economy.com/jameson-lopp-says-bitcoins-ai-threat-is-overblown/

Record history

First seen: 2026-10-08T18:09:22.000Z. Last updated: 2026-10-08T22:31:06.662Z. Revision: 1.