Claude Code Independently Replicates Bitcoin Wallet Vulnerability in 8 Minutes
wen_ragnarok · x · 2026-08-03
A Reddit user demonstrated that Claude Code could independently discover the same wallet vulnerability used in a recent real-world Bitcoin attack in just eight minutes.
Security researchers warn that by the end of the year, automated attack tools will become vastly more capable across all devices, predicting that such exploits will soon happen at scale.
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