Crypto Companies Send Joint Letter to AI Labs, Urging Access to Frontier Models for Bitcoin Developers

TechFlow News, August 12, according to Cointelegraph, the Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI), in collaboration with multiple crypto institutions including Anchorage Digital, BitGo, Bitwise, Blockstream, Kraken, Ledger, MARA, Trezor, and other crypto institutions, issued an open letter urging major frontier AI labs to establish or expand trusted access programs for Bitcoin and open-source software developers.

The letter pointed out that open-source maintainers such as Bitcoin Core currently lack access to AI labs' cybersecurity programs, forcing them to rely on less capable open-source models, while the Bitcoin network currently safeguards over $1 trillion in assets, and any vulnerabilities in open-source infrastructure could endanger users' life savings. BPI also disclosed that it has received multiple reports indicating that sophisticated attackers, including potential foreign adversaries, are continuously launching attacks leveraging advanced AI capabilities.