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Morning Edition · Wednesday, August 12, 2026Published at 1:36 AM EDT · New York
Blockstream Launches Atomic Swaps Days After Boltz Shut Down, Citing Automated Attacks
Boltz suspended all swap services on August 3, saying attackers using artificial-intelligence tooling were finding bugs faster than a team its size could patch them.
Blockstream has released a beta of Blockstream Swaps, which performs atomic swaps across Bitcoin's main chain, the Liquid sidechain and the Lightning Network. The mechanism is old and well understood: a shared secret binds the two payments…
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