GoKawiilBitcoin Core shortens disclosure embargo for easily rediscoverable bugs
Bitcoin Core merged a policy change on October 22, 2026, allowing fixes for vulnerabilities that are easy to rediscover to be backported and disclosed within days rather than after a year-long embargo. The change, authored by developer Antoine Poinsot, explicitly cites AI tools' ability to resurface old bugs, and follows research showing 43.6% of sampled network peers run unpatched software.