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Alex Bergeron and Marty Bent note that centralized API swap services like Boltz, LMP2P, and Zeus were recently disrupted by AI-driven black-hat attackers. These incidents exposed the structural vulnerability of exposing single public API endpoints to advanced automated probing.
Keon notes that Atomic Finance is shutting down its multi-sig sidechain and Lightning swap service, following a similar closure by Boltz, which is driving wallets to build in-house swap infrastructure.
Simon Dixon and Nathan Fitzsimmons argue that recent infrastructure exploits across Cold Card, Zeus, and Boltz are part of a coordinated campaign to discourage self-custody. Maintaining sovereign financial freedom requires active participation, ongoing education, and multi-signature diversification.
Boltz Exchange briefly let its warrant canary expire, only to update it four days late. David Bennett warns that a resurrected warrant canary is compromised and urges users to treat Boltz as permanently unsafe.
Felix Ng reports that non-custodial swap service Boltz paused operations due to escalating, AI-assisted infrastructure probing. The service, which had a total value locked of $180,000, joined Zeus Lightning in suspending services due to rapid, machine-speed exploits.