Bitcoin Developers Flag 85 Critical Bugs as AI Scan Finds One Per Hour Per Person

According to CoinDesk, Bitcoin developers have flagged 85 critical bugs in the Bitcoin codebase, describing the current situation as "extremely bad." The bugs were identified by a volunteer group that runs AI models against bitcoin codebases. The group says it is averaging roughly one critical bug per hour per person, at about $10,000 a day in compute. The article was written by Shaurya Malwa and edited by Omkar Godbole, and was published on August 6, 2026, with an update later that same morning. The volunteers are using artificial intelligence to scan Bitcoin’s code for vulnerabilities, and their work has so far surfaced 85 critical bugs. The team says the situation is "extremely bad," which points to the severity of the findings. Each volunteer is finding roughly one critical bug per hour. The daily cost of running the AI models is around $10,000. No additional details were provided about which parts of the codebase are affected or whether any patches are in progress. This report comes from CoinDesk's Tech section and is a key update for anyone tracking Bitcoin development and security.