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AI Finds Critical Flaw in Bitcoin Lightning, Devs Issue Emergency Warning

In brief Core Lightning confirmed that several AI-generated security reports identified real flaws. The project told operators to verify and install its forthcoming update promptly.

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AI Finds Critical Flaw in Bitcoin Lightning, Devs Issue Emergency Warning

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Fact 1: pic.twitter.com/4HpobzMs7Y — calle 🟥 (@callebtc) August 26, 2026 In a separate post on the Core Lightning Discord Server, Core Lightning said its “small team and outside contributors” spent 10 days reviewing AI-generated vulnerability reports from multiple sources and developing fixes.
Fact 2: The project said it will no longer support earlier versions, including 26.04, while version 26.09 remains scheduled for late September.
Fact 3: Myriad: When will OpenAI release GPT-6?
Fact 4: According to the Bitcoin Red Team, a volunteer group of cybersecurity and blockchain experts, AI-assisted review so far has produced 4,962 possible findings across 390 Bitcoin projects.

In brief Core Lightning confirmed that several AI-generated security reports identified real flaws. The project told operators to verify and install its forthcoming update promptly.

Operators who cannot upgrade should use --offline instead of shutting down their nodes, Core Lightning said. The developers of Bitcoin payments software Core Lightning warned node operators in an X post on Wednesday that several vulnerabilities flagged in a wave of AI-generated security reports are real and that developers are coordinating a fix. The project told operators to install and verify the forthcoming update promptly—or run their nodes offline if they cannot upgrade instead of shutting them down and leaving their payment channels unmonitored.

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