{"id":240330,"date":"2026-10-16T13:25:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=240330"},"modified":"2026-10-16T13:25:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:25:44","slug":"math-professor-warns-of-threat-to-bitcoin-from-ai-pivot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=240330","title":{"rendered":"Math Professor Warns of Threat to Bitcoin from AI Pivot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/\">Bitcoin Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/videos\/math-professor-warns-of-threat-to-bitcoin-from-ai-pivot\">Math Professor Warns of Threat to Bitcoin from AI Pivot<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could anyone actually break Bitcoin? Micah Warren, associate professor of mathematics at the University of Oregon and author of Bitcoin: A Game-Theoretic Analysis, joins Grace Remington and Sean Hagan to break down Bitcoin\u2019s security through the lens of game theory. He explains why miner incentives are one of the main things holding Bitcoin up, and why classic reorg and double-spend attacks are unlikely today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chapters:<br \/>0:00 \u2013 Micah Warren on What Game Theory Reveals About Bitcoin\u2019s Security<br \/>1:33 \u2013 Why Miner Incentives Hold Bitcoin Together<br \/>3:40 \u2013 How Treasury Companies, Governments and Miners Change the Game<br \/>4:54 \u2013 North Korea, Iran and Bad Actors in the Bitcoin Ecosystem<br \/>6:18 \u2013 AI vs. Bitcoin Mining: When Miners Have Other Options<br \/>8:30 \u2013 Feather Forks: How a Minority of Miners Could Try to Censor Transactions<br \/>12:09 \u2013 Could Government Stakes in Miners Raise Censorship Risk?<br \/>13:02 \u2013 Blacklisted vs. Clean Bitcoin: The Institutional Demand Choke Point<br \/>16:19 \u2013 How Resilient Is Bitcoin? Rogue Attacks vs. Centralization<br \/>17:45 \u2013 The Security Budget Debate and Why Miner Collusion Is the Bigger Risk<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of BTC Inc., Bitcoin Magazine, or any affiliated entities. This content is provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice. Nothing contained in this show constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer to buy or sell any securities or financial instruments. Viewers should consult their own advisors before making financial or business decisions.<\/p>\n<p>This post <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/videos\/math-professor-warns-of-threat-to-bitcoin-from-ai-pivot\">Math Professor Warns of Threat to Bitcoin from AI Pivot<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/\">Bitcoin Magazine<\/a> and is written by <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/authors\/patrickgreen\">Patrick Green<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin Magazine Math Professor Warns of Threat to Bitcoin from AI Pivot Could anyone actually break Bitcoin? Micah Warren, associate professor of mathematics at the University of Oregon and author of Bitcoin: A Game-Theoretic Analysis, joins Grace Remington and Sean Hagan to break down Bitcoin\u2019s security through the lens of game theory. He explains why [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":240331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=240330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/240331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=240330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=240330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=240330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}