A volunteer collective known as the Bitcoin Red Team has uncovered nearly 5,000 security findings across 390 Bitcoin-related software projects in a 30-hour

The Bitcoin Red Team, a group of roughly 20–25 volunteer security researchers, is using AI tools — including Chinese models — to proactively scan Bitcoin's open-source ecosystem for vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them, as AI lowers the barrier to sophisticated cyberattacks.

Strict U.S. AI safety filters are pushing Bitcoin Red Team security researchers to use Chinese AI models like Kimi K3 to find and fix critical software vulnerabilities.