Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about how artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape entire industries — and crypto is no exception.
On the one hand, AI can improve efficiency, trading, even security audits.
But on the other hand… what happens when large AI-driven entities begin dominating mining, node operation, or even governance decisions in DAO-based Bitcoin side projects?
Could the rise of AI contradict Bitcoin’s core principle: decentralization?
Could AI centralize mining pools further?
Can it manipulate narratives and markets at scale?
Could we eventually see AI-designed chains trying to “out-Bitcoin” Bitcoin?
Would love to hear thoughts — does AI pose a real threat to Bitcoin’s future, or is it just another tool we’ll adapt to like everything else?
How so? As far as I know, AI isn't self-aware yet. It relies on commands (prompts) inputted by a user. Worse-case scenario, AI finds a way to mine Bitcoin on its own and manages to control a sizeable portion of the network's hashrate (raising the risk of a 51% attack). But this is very unlikely to happen anytime soon. Bitcoin is an open source cryptocurrency, so it'll be easy to tweak it against AI threats. With a community-approved hard fork (or soft fork), Bitcoin will remain as secure and reliable as usual. Not even Quantum computers stand a chance against Bitcoin.
The real threat to Bitcoin's decentralization is not AI, but Wall Street. You can see institutional investment companies (eg: BlackRock, Strategy) amassing large amounts of the circulating supply. How isn't this concerning to anyone? Considering that most people don't give a damn about Bitcoin's decentralization, we should expect things to get worse in the long run. We'll see what happens in the future.