Can AI Hack Bitcoin? CZ Says the Real Danger Lies in Phishing and Data Leak
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Binance founder Changpeng Zhao says AI doesn’t need to break Bitcoin’s cryptography to cause damage. Instead, he warns that leaked data already fuels phishing and social engineering. Meanwhile, Bitcoin Core developers are changing how they disclose bugs as AI makes flaws easier to find. Why CZ Sees Phishing as the Bigger AI Threat Zhao, known as CZ, made the point in an X post on October 23. He argued that crypto’s encryption is not the weak link. In fact, he said banks and much of the internet rely on weaker encryption than Bitcoin. As a result, those legacy systems would face greater risk if AI code-breaking became a serious threat. However, AI can already make scams more convincing.
First reported by BeInCrypto. This page is a short excerpt; the full text is theirs.
