Updated Aug 6, 2026, 7:53 a.m. Published Aug 6, 2026, 7:14 a.m. 2 min readBitcoin developers flag 85 critical bugs in an "extremely bad" situation. (Unsplash)SummarySixteen Bitcoin developers used AI tools to find 4,962 security vulnerabilities across 390 projects in 24 hours.The findings include 85 critical and 635 high-severity bugs, which are currently overwhelming project maintainers.This audit highlights how AI is rapidly transforming security research for both defenders and attackers.A volunteer team has flagged 85 critical bugs across 390 bitcoin BTC$64,785.85 projects in a little over a day.Sixteen Bitcoin developers have filed 4,962 findings in a coordinated security audit, including 85 critical and 635 high-severity issues, according to Calle, the pseudonymous developer behind the Cashu ecash protocol.The findings come from a coordinated audit run by developers pointing AI models at bitcoin wallets, cryptographic libraries and infrastructure."Situation is extremely bad," Calle noted.We're ramping up. Much of our work is still manual (hand holding the AI) but our automated harnesses are getting better at the same time. So far, letting everyone use their own favorite review method has proven to be the most effective strategy.We're getting a lot of… pic.twitter.com/EoS6Z9ubpr— calle (@callebtc) August 5, 2026