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Re: Could AI Analyzing the Entire Bitcoin Blockchain Create a Surveillance Risk?
by
john_egbert
on 29/08/2025, 11:44:38 UTC
I believe AI will indeed make blockchain data analysis much easier, which could affect user privacy. However, I don’t see it as a direct threat to Bitcoin’s decentralization, since the network rules and consensus remain unchanged.
What this highlights is the need for users to adopt stronger privacy practices—such as mixing services, confidential transactions, or upcoming privacy-enhancing tools.
In the end, while AI may make surveillance cheaper and faster, it will also push innovation in privacy technologies. So instead of being only a threat, it can also be an opportunity for the Bitcoin ecosystem to evolve.

Privacy will be the same, it's just that it would become easier to search through the chain if needed for patterns and such.

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