Simon Willison: With the vulnerability apocalypse, is crypto still a good idea?
zacharynado · x · 2026-10-23
Simon Willison asks whether holding assets in cryptocurrency — where mistaken transactions are irreversible — is still a good idea, given the current "vulnerability apocalypse" of AI-era security flaws. A pointed take linking the surge in software vulnerabilities to the risks of irreversible crypto transactions.
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