BITCOIN RED TEAM: The AI Arms Race for Open-Source Security | Rob Hamilton
The Coldcard vulnerability became the catalyst for one of the largest AI-powered security efforts in Bitcoin's history.
- The Coldcard vulnerability and what actually happened
- Bitcoin's volunteer Red Team and AI-powered security audits
- Kimi K3 vs. OpenAI and Anthropic for cybersecurity research
- The future of Bitcoin security, self-custody, and multisig
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1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,460 Rob Hamilton and a ragtag team of misfits are banding together to save Bitcoin open source 2 00:00:05,460 --> 00:00:10,540 projects.
I probably personally 3 00:00:10,540 --> 00:00:14,600 spent almost up to maybe $100,000 in compute over the past month just using these AI models.
4 00:00:14,780 --> 00:00:20,540 Bitcoin as an experiment is worthless, not just to me, but the entire thing is worthless if self 5 00:00:20,540 --> 00:00:24,880 custody is not cheap.
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The Coldcard vulnerability became the catalyst for one of the largest AI-powered security efforts in Bitcoin's history.
Walker America sits down with Rob Hamilton (AnchorWatch) to unpack Bitcoin's volunteer "Red Team," the future of Bitcoin security and self-custody, AI-powered vulnerability research, open-source software security, Kimi K3 vs. OpenAI, responsible disclosure, collaborative custody, and why the emerging AI arms race could fundamentally reshape cybersecurity far beyond Bitcoin.
The Coldcard vulnerability and what actually happened
Bitcoin's volunteer Red Team and AI-powered security audits
Kimi K3 vs. OpenAI and Anthropic for cybersecurity research
The future of Bitcoin security, self-custody, and multisig
Open-source AI, responsible disclosure, and software security
Why AI is transforming cybersecurity—and why Bitcoin was only the beginning