AI Reshaping the Cryptocurrency Security Industry: Audit Costs Approaching Zero, Security Standards Redefined

BlockBeats News, June 21st, as AI-driven security tools (such as Mythos, etc.) have emerged and become popular, the cost of smart contract audits in the crypto industry is rapidly decreasing. Researchers believe that this may fundamentally change the industry standard of "reasonable due diligence" before project launch.

The report points out that AI security systems can achieve vulnerability detection at a much lower cost than traditional manual audits and support continuous code review, shifting from "one-time audit" to "real-time continuous monitoring." Industry experts believe that this change may make the cost of basic security audits approach zero.

Security experts state that AI can not only discover traditional code vulnerabilities but also simulate attacker behavior, deduce the performance of the code in a real adversarial environment, significantly improving the efficiency of vulnerability discovery. However, they also emphasize that AI still struggles to identify complex risks such as economic model flaws, permission misuse, and social engineering attacks.

Researchers further point out that as AI audit tools become low-cost and easily accessible, the industry's security responsibility expectations for developers may simultaneously increase. In the future, projects that have not undergone AI-assisted audits may even be considered "negligent."

However, experts also caution that AI cannot replace human auditors' judgment on game theory and incentive mechanism levels. Cryptographic security will still be a system that combines "AI tools + human experience."

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