Boltz — a non-custodial bridge between Lightning Network and Bitcoin's base layer — has suspended swaps indefinitely. The reason is disarmingly honest: AI-assisted attacks are now iterating faster than a small team can patch.
"Attackers now iterate faster than a team our size can find and patch."
No user funds were touched — the platform is non-custodial,
$262K TVL per DeFiLlama. Refund APIs still work, support is available.The quiet irony: a project built to cut out the middleman turned out to be the weak link — and said so plainly. Most would've just shipped a v2.
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