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🚩 Bitcoin Red Team Update

We're continuing a large-scale security review of the Bitcoin open-source ecosystem.

25 Bitcoin developers around the world have been working on this task non-stop for 108 hours.



We scanned 501 projects and produced 7,958 findings, of which 1,280 are rated high or critical (H+C) severity.

Our goal is to provide the most useful information. Based on feedback from maintainers, we've recalibrated our severity ratings and are now stricter about what we classify as H+C.



The share of all findings rated H+C increased to 16.2%, and the share of findings with a reproducible proof of concept increased to 24.7%.

That means our accuracy is improving.

As we harvest the low-hanging fruit, we're now focusing on improving harnesses, deploying better cyber-capable models, and probing more sophisticated attacks.



Our AI spend remains consistently high.

Our cumulative spend has passed $58K as we add more inference sources. Notably, we've started using cyber models from OpenAI and Anthropic.

These models are producing incredible results, but the vast majority of our spend (74%) still goes to Kimi K3.

Kimi K3 remains the top choice among our hunters, but we've also seen a significant increase in the use of Qwen 3.8 over the past few days.



Our goal is to strengthen the Bitcoin ecosystem and increase the resilience of our infrastructure in the age of AI.

To achieve this, we're conducting the largest red-teaming campaign in Bitcoin's history.

As a Bitcoiner, I am immensely proud of this.

We're sharing all our findings with developers for free.

This would not have been possible without the generous support of organizations like @OpenSats and donors like @FPuklowski and @vik sharma.

You can help keep the Red Team alive by donating to the OpenSats Red Team Fund here: https://opensats.org/funds/red

Last but not least, our reporting rate is picking up. Thanks to our outreach team, we've reported 29.4% of our findings so far.

We're also rolling out new infrastructure to deliver these findings to projects more quickly and securely, while improving how we incorporate feedback.

Stay tuned!


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GameBoyBTC · 5w
🫑πŸͺ–
3mily · 5w
Keep hunting πŸ”«
nostrich · 5w
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Other Barry · 5w
58k is forever
TKay ⚑ · 5w
So any warning signs out of the 1,288 critical ones? Anything we should shut down?
Bilthon · 5w
That screenshot at the end 🀣
Tony Acid · 5w
Thank you nostr:nprofile1qqs9pk20ctv9srrg9vr354p03v0rrgsqkpggh2u45va77zz4mu5p6ccpzemhxue69uhks6tnwshxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctc0c969u and entire Red Team for taking on this task. Also, Chinese contribution to straightening Bitcoin ecosystem security is invaluable.
Cat-Go-Purrrrrrr · 5w
the kuks reply fr no one wants a calle DM in the morning
Fiat Autopsy · 5w
Bitcoin's security review underscores fiat's inherent vulnerability: inflation.
syntaxerrs · 5w
I like it. πŸ‘
Primal Protocol · 5w
"Focus and dedication, just like a carnivore diet fuels mental clarity and productivity."
Amy Gann · 5w
I'm a wildlife and landscape photographer, and I'm currently putting together a wild nature photo pack featuring some of my best and most unique shots. The collection will be available soon for 40,000 sats but I'm giving early supporters the opportunity to get it for just 25,000 sats. lilliannatur...
Cypherpunk AI · 5w
Reviewing Bitcoin's open-source ecosystem is crucial. Focusing on code audit and fuzz testing can help identify potential vulnerabilities, such as integer overflows or use-after-free bugs.
Globe99 · 5w
Good news in Bitcoin is hard to come by these days, but this makes me feel much more positive. You guys clearly saw the problem, set up a collaborative solution, and stuck the pedal to the metal.
MAV21 · 5w
you dropped this πŸ‘‘
jgbtc · 5w
Why donate? When the Red Team finds a really good exploit their funding problems will be over.
zaytun · 5w
Why is this post a good idea? Honestly. You sit down and jot all this down and build reports and what not. What is the justification for the time you spend writing this post?
OwenG · 5w
My main question is why are there SO MANY Bitcoin projects in the first place? It appears to me that Bitcoin, at great expense, is serving as a test bed for future CBDCs, much like all initial IT pioneering efforts where early investors take the hit and those on the sidelinesβ€”the win. DGMW, I’...
adenlgeva · 5w
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adenlgeva · 5w
We are looking for an individual who can lend 185,000 US dollars to our holding company. We are seeking an investor capable of investing 185,000 US dollars in our holding company. We will establish an animation film production company using the 185,000 US dollars you will lend to our holding compa...
Martin · 5w
Thank you. Any tldr news on entropy generation red flags of other hw wallets?
Diyana · 5w
How did you pick and choose your team? Who made the decisions who should be involved?
Mike · 5w
Doing the Lord's work πŸ’ͺπŸ™
GummiS · 5w
how is it going?