Bitcoin May Resist AI, But Its Users Face Serious Risks

Michael Saylor believes that Bitcoin’s simplicity allows it to resist attacks assisted by artificial intelligence. However, his argument protects the protocol more than the bitcoins themselves: AI does not need to break SHA-256 if it can steal a private key or deceive a custodian. At the Oranje Summit 2026, Michael Saylor presented Bitcoin’s computing power as a barrier that artificial intelligence cannot cross through “intelligence” alone. Mining relies on billions of cryptographic attempts, not on solving a problem that can be bypassed by more sophisticated reasoning.