AI-discovered bitcoin node crashes become first bug disclosures under new rules

Bitcoin Core developers merged a policy change ending the months-long embargo on disclosing flaws an AI chatbot could rediscover, after AI tools found hundreds of bitcoin bugs this summer before human researchers did. Under that new policy, three flaws surfaced by a language-model scan — including a way to crash bitcoin nodes on Windows and Macs — are the first bugs to be publicly disclosed, per CoinDesk.

• The change applies to bugs considered easy for AI to rediscover, shortening the window between discovery and public disclosure.
• The shift reflects how AI is making code-vulnerability hunting much cheaper, prompting the project to stop hiding issues an automated prompt could surface.