Defending Bitcoin as Critical Infrastructure
summary
Argues Bitcoin meets national definitions of critical infrastructure, runs 24/7 with continuous operation since 2013, and needs industrial-grade cyber controls. Maps threats to the ISA/IEC 62443 framework and seven control categories, recommends SL1–SL4 tiers, and calls mining an industrial asset where >30–40% hash concentration raises risk. Recommends concrete defenses — run your own node, multi‑sig, withdrawal allow‑lists, geographic hash decentralization, and satellite and mesh backups — and treats arbitrary-data and AI/quantum as addressable threats.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Defending Bitcoin as infrastructure
- 0:43Speaker credentials
- 2:28Cybersecurity vocabulary
- 7:45Bitcoin as critical infrastructure
- 14:47Thesis Bitcoin is critical infrastructure
- 16:12Bitcoin threats and controls
- 21:43Cybersecurity controls for Bitcoin
- 23:47Personal Bitcoin security
- 26:17Book promotion
- 27:00Q&A on AI threats
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