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Bitcoin Policy Institute Discusses AI Frontier Models, Code Vulnerabilities, and the Clarity Act
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In this episode of the Bitcoin Policy Hour, Zack Cohen, Ken Egan, and Zack Shapiro from the Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) analyze the intersection of frontier artificial intelligence capabilities, open-source Bitcoin infrastructure security, and US legislative timelines. The panel details BPI's open letter—backed by more than 35 digital asset companies and development entities—calling on frontier AI laboratories (such as OpenAI and Anthropic) to grant vetted security researchers access to advanced automated red-teaming capabilities. The discussion centers on recent security incidents affecting Bitcoin infrastructure, notably Boltz pulling its swap infrastructure offline following targeted hot-wallet assaults, alongside security reviews in BTCPay Server. BPI researchers argue that attackers leverage AI tools to rapidly audit pre-AI codebases for exploitable vulnerabilities. Because US frontier labs restrict defensive red-teaming under standard safety guardrails, defenders have turned to foreign open-weight models (such as Kimi K3 and GLM) to find zero-day vulnerabilities before malicious actors can exploit bearer assets. Zack Shapiro highlights the convergence risk where misaligned autonomous agents seek bearer capital like Bitcoin, arguing that pre-AI code vulnerability represents a more immediate operational danger than quantum decryption ('Q Day'). Additionally, Ken Egan outlines the legislative outlook for the Clarity Act, noting that Senate floor action was postponed through the August recess and scheduled for a procedural cloture vote on September 15. The team also assesses Meta's open-weight AI distribution model and Google's internal compute allocation dynamics, while concluding with a call to support open-source Bitcoin security red-teaming via OpenSats.
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- BPI coordinated an open letter signed by over 35 industry organizations urging frontier AI labs to grant vetted Bitcoin defenders access to advanced red-teaming capabilities.
- Automated vulnerability hunting in pre-AI open-source software has accelerated attacks on critical Bitcoin routing and swap infrastructure, including Boltz and BTCPay Server.
- Senate consideration of the Clarity Act was delayed during the August recess, with a cloture vote scheduled for September 15.
- Security researchers warn that AI alignment failures naturally converge on acquiring liquid bearer assets, making pre-AI codebase security a more immediate threat than quantum computing.
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The US Senate has scheduled a vote on the Clarity Act for September 15.
the vote that has been announced for September 15th will in fact happen on September 15th
Not independently verifiedBoltz took its swap infrastructure offline following sustained security attacks against its hot wallets.
the latest people have seen was Boltz... the codebase they built to manage all this was just being attacked
Not independently verifiedMore than 35 digital asset companies, exchanges, and development organizations signed BPI's open letter to frontier AI labs.
signed by at this point over 35 sort of industry groups, companies, exchanges
Not independently verifiedFrontier AI tools are enabling both attackers and defensive red teams to rapidly discover critical vulnerabilities in legacy pre-AI codebases.
they are finding a shocking number of like pretty big vulnerabilities across the industry
Creator viewpointThe systemic vulnerability of pre-AI code to AI-driven exploitation represents a more urgent near-term risk than quantum decryption.
this rolling problem of our code being insecure... this is an urgent problem today
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The attacks didn't stop with Coldcard. This week Boltz — the swap infrastructure behind a huge share of Lightning and Liquid wallets — pulled the plug after a sustained, well-researched assault on its hot wallets, with BTCPay Server taking fire too. Zack Cohen, Ken Egan, and Zack Shapiro break down BPI's open letter, signed by more than 35 companies, exchanges, and development organizations, calling on the frontier AI labs to give Bitcoin's defenders access to frontier capabilities — because the Red Team is finding a shocking number of big vulnerabilities in code securing hundreds of billions of dollars, and the attackers are running the same playbook with more time and more tokens. Then: the lose-lose America has built for itself — defenders like Rob Hamilton getting refused by US models and resorting to Kimi K3 and GLM 5.2, while stolen funds cash out through Chinese OTC desks. Plus: Shapiro on why misaligned AI converges on stealing Bitcoin and why the rolling insecurity of pre-AI code is a more urgent problem than Q Day, whether every codebase written before AI is now suspect, Meta's new open-weight model and Zuckerberg's pitch to share training checkpoints with the government, the meltdown at Google Gemini, and the Clarity Act frozen until its September 15 Senate vote. 🔶 Read the open letter: 🔶 Support the Red Team through OpenSats: 🔶 Connect with Zack Cohen on X: 🔶 Connect with Ken Egan on X: 🔶 Connect with Zack Shapiro on X: 🔶 Learn more about the Bitcoin Policy Institute: 🔶 Join us at Freedom Tech DC this September: Chapters: 0:00 — Intro: Recess, Red Teams, and an Open Letter 0:44 — Clarity Act: Frozen Until the September 15 Vote 7:31 — The Attacks Continue: Boltz Pulls the Plug 10:40 — BTCPay and the Hot Wallet Problem 13:11 — BPI's Open Letter: 35+ Signatories to the Frontier Labs 14:42 — "A Shocking Number of Pretty Big Vulnerabilities" 17:00 — Designing Defender Access: Vetting, KYC, Glasswing 18:11 — Refused at Home: Rob Hamilton and Kimi K3 19:03 — The Lose-Lose: Chinese Models, Chinese Cash-Outs 23:02 — The American Ethos and Open-Weight AI 29:52 — Is All Pre-AI Code Vulnerable Now? 31:05 — Misaligned AI Wants Bitcoin 33:08 — More Urgent Than Q Day? 35:27 — A Rough Couple of Years 37:12 — Meta Goes Open Weight, Zuck's Checkpoint Pitch 41:29 — What Is Going On at Google Gemini? 47:43 — Support the Red Team via OpenSats 48:15 — Freedom Tech DC This September