@callebtc: red teaming bitcoin: - we’ve written multiple harnesses and we’re launching a huge wave of reviews against many core bi…
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Bitcoin red team announces widespread security reviews across core Bitcoin projects, reporting critical vulnerabilities at a high rate and calling for support, with funding covered by OpenSats.
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red teaming bitcoin:
- we’ve written multiple harnesses and we’re launching a huge wave of reviews against many core bitcoin projects: crypto libs, wallets, infra, …
- situation is extremely bad.
- we’re averaging on the order of 1 critical exploit per hour per person.
- we’ve reported critical vulnerabilities to several projects in the last 12 hrs.
- thankfully this is a very expensive exercise, we’re burning through 10k per day.
- you can donate tokens or accounts. send me a dm.
- thank you to @OpenSats for covering the bill.
- thank you to @Kimi_Moonshot and Kimi K3 for providing us with accounts and uncensored intelligence
Rob Hamilton (@Rob1Ham): Bitcoin Red Team Update:
We have been working around the clock, with ~$20,000 of spend up to this point across different services. Funding is secured, I appreciate all the gestures for donations but it is not necessary. The bill is taken care of.
We have done over a dozen
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