Can AI Help Bitcoin? Responsible Practices for Open-Source Development
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Claims that AI speeds debugging and rapid iteration but also produces convincing code that is wrong. Reports from 6 months with Bitrus grantees (27 grantees, 20+ OSS projects) show green CI can be misleading and large LLMs lack historical and operational context—for example, a subtle Bitcoin Script opcode bug requiring a non‑obvious stack workaround that AI could misfix and risk a fork. Recommends concrete checks before a PR: do you understand the change, its ecosystem impact, and will you own the outcome?
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- 0:00AI and Bitcoin intro
- 2:07AI risks in open-source
- 7:27AI values and opportunities
- 13:13Relying vs leveraging AI
- 21:28Key PR questions
- 25:21Q&A
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