▼Victims Refuse Bounties and Escalate to Law Enforcement

Score history

Daily conviction score, 0 to 100. Higher means the thesis is more strongly corroborated.

Now 36 · -2 since Sep 13 · ranged 36 to 38

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Why the conviction moved

• Sep 13
  Strengthened +4

  Blockstream publicly demanded the 598 bitcoin back rather than accepting the attackers' self-awarded 15 percent fee, refusing to ratify the negotiated settlement. Each refusal of this kind removes the attacker's safe exit and pushes the residual balance toward freezing or laundering instead of a clean return.

• Sep 12
  Strengthened

  Blockstream publicly declined to pay a 10% bounty on the 598 bitcoin still held after the Liquid drain, saying it will work with law enforcement and exchanges instead. The $245 million theft ringleader pleading guilty in the US the same day shows the prosecutorial channel these firms are betting on is producing convictions.

Source trail

• Supporting · September 13, 2026

  Blockstream Demands the 598 Bitcoin Liquid Attackers Kept as a Self-Declared Finder's Fee

  Blockstream publicly demanded the 598 bitcoin back rather than accepting the attackers' self-awarded 15 percent fee, refusing to ratify the negotiated settlement. Each refusal of this kind removes the attacker's safe exit and pushes the residual balance toward freezing or laundering instead of a clean return.

  Bitcoin Magazine

• Supporting · September 12, 2026

  Blockstream Refuses 10% Bounty for 598 Bitcoin Still Held After Liquid Sidechain Drain

  Blockstream publicly declined to pay a 10% bounty on the 598 bitcoin still held after the Liquid drain, saying it will work with law enforcement and exchanges instead. The $245 million theft ringleader pleading guilty in the US the same day shows the prosecutorial channel these firms are betting on is producing convictions.

  Bitcoin Magazine