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Walker America discusses the implications of AI in Bitcoin security with Rob Hamilton, focusing on the Coldcard vulnerability and the volunteer Red Team.

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. In this episode: 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 JOIN THE SUBSTACK TO GET NEW EPISODES DELIVERED STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX: https://walkeramerica.substack.com/ FOLLOW ROB: X: https://x.com/Rob1Ham ANCHOR WATCH: https://www.anchorwatch.com/ DONATE TO RED TEAM OPENSATS FUND: https://opensats.org/funds/red PARTNERS & DISCOUNTS: LEDN : Bitcoin-backed lending. Go to…

People in this episode

Host: Walker America

Guest: Rob Hamilton

Topics covered

• Bitcoin security
• AI-powered vulnerability research
• open-source software security
• self-custody
• collaborative custody
• cybersecurity

Keywords

• Bitcoin
• AI arms race
• security audits
• vulnerability research
• self-custody
• multisig
• responsible disclosure

Sponsors

LEDN, BLOCKSTREAM JADE, CASA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AnchorWatch, OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenSats

Products: Coldcard, Kimi K3, BLOCKSTREAM JADE

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