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summary: "Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin maintains that roughly 90% of his net worth serves as a bet against predictions that AI will undermine Bitcoin security and trigger a price collapse. He disagreed with the view that BTC could fall more than 50% over the next two years, stating that the probability of successful breaks on hashes or proof-of-work is \"tiny.\" Network-layer attacks can be addressed by upgrading clients and mining pools, which Buterin classifies as issues not requiring social consensus. He expressed long-term optimism for cybersecurity and identified the primary hurdle as the transition to updated systems."
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# Vitalik Buterin Rejects 50% Bitcoin Crash Prediction From AI Security Risks

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**Published:** 2026-09-07T05:35:40.000Z
**Category:** Research
**Topics:** ethereum, bitcoin, vitalik\-buterin, safety, reasoning, infra

## Summary

Ethereum co\-founder Vitalik Buterin maintains that roughly 90% of his net worth serves as a bet against predictions that AI will undermine Bitcoin security and trigger a price collapse\. He disagreed with the view that BTC could fall more than 50% over the next two years, stating that the probability of successful breaks on hashes or proof\-of\-work is "tiny\." Network\-layer attacks can be addressed by upgrading clients and mining pools, which Buterin classifies as issues not requiring social consensus\. He expressed long\-term optimism for cybersecurity and identified the primary hurdle as the transition to updated systems\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://huggingnews.com/crypto/vitalik-buterin-rejects-50percent-bitcoin-crash-prediction-from-ai-secur-21cb5a34>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/2096771573529080252>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/WuBlockchain/status/2096816131617239166>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/2096818333928620370>)