Bitcoin Core updates security policy to quickly patch AI-discoverable vulnerabilities

Bitcoin Core will now rapidly disclose and patch vulnerabilities easily found by a simple prompt to an artificial intelligence model, replacing previous embargoes that could last up to a year. This change follows a surge in AI-assisted security reports, including one reviewing 390 Bitcoin projects that identified 4,962 potential flaws, 85 of which were critical. Previously, disclosure timing depended on vulnerability severity, with low-severity flaws revealed two weeks after the next major version shipped, and medium/high ones held under embargo until two weeks after the last affected version reached end of life.