Boltz ends service citing technical challenges, though the expiration of their warrant canary is not being discussed and brings suspicion to what really happened. I really like Boltz so this is not to cause FUD and I do not want to cause their company harm by posting this if they actually are okay, though I am just repeating their own words in their canary "you should assume the worst." This all is suspicious.
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It was updated
https://canary.boltz.exchange/
Either we treat every expired canary at face value (meaning they received third party data requests) or we don't bother with them at all.
Seems pretty clear to me that this is intentional.
The only reason why this canary is slightly more interesting than the others is because this is a Salvadorian company. It's a good intelligence point to have. I'm currently giving it a 5% chance to be an intentional non-renewal though. If everyone is talking about high stress and burnout right when this was supposed to be renewed, then there's, imho, no reliable datapoint.
@boltz guys are too meticulous and organized to just let the canary lapse. They also read this board. I am worried because Salvador company or not, they are EU citizens.
Your opinion is noted. Hope that the canary not triggering wasn't the only thing standing between you and a 6ft deep box, that'd be unfortunate
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I still maintain a canary is only good if it is all or nothing: they get one shot to let it expire and anything they say after should probably be with the assumption that they are compromised.
Exactly, precisely like the last time you and I discussed this. All this does is cast shade upon the integrity of the people responsible for maintaining the canary. I won't forget, I don't think you will either.
I'd like things to stop being weird, please.
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1. Get sole archived copy
https://web.archivep75mbjunhxc6x4j5mwjmomyxb573v42baldlqu56ruil2oiad.onion/web/20240000000000*/https://canary.boltz.exchange/message.txt.asc-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 The maintainer(s) and admins of the software project known as Boltz Exchange have received and complied with 0 requests for information of any kind by any third parties including but not limited to government agencies. We will renew this notice in 60 days time. If this notice fails to be renewed by then, you should assume the worst. I am the admin of https://boltz.exchange I am in control of my PGP key. I will update this canary within 60 days. Today is 2024-08-31. Latest bitcoin block hash: 0000000000000000000048779ce602b1cc90cf3745799c511d4006280cb1e23f -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEwmQPYwVw9e3t4C3mhNJJunFoXUYFAmbThRYACgkQhNJJunFo XUbk0xAAmm0bZj4CFL3t3xx1QTgFrJg2rJuzpZOTNHVd+8Q8DenYmUjjIuVI79JQ Bp08OgxJ2xxIr0i0VMmq2LOJatC4rXGbz5b1ixDyByDI3iGAfs8YtkoXCpW3+/oE N75OWkrNJQNzwN8+N3v4D17sqxv4thIVcKWlB1eNxahuB2u6gBc/jO14s6B39jua 7g1Qhe7+QQa+2HcdtwaBOFN3EEgBo7ENSYESwZgVbuHbuOf6c7OD+4y9f9nfm+Iu 9qrJ3BFuPujztIJ4JbZMT0i00cuEV5k86sdH6sXZQiCl11dzwXL2N4gXyKXVhkgu vMYlYTi9/EXjHb4qqEZNAjcOX+UMb/0eUoUCiNsNvdIGhnu3GF7MlmzeAK9frNJv I3eyRo//QlORrUu0oVy8xFqEIGC1rHzRrh4To2Fu9McU5Lh45Qc5kUcKMl+K0ow0 Od8x469wNPFiDc3kUrcnAe3YmBOk+u4kuJHB35kXW21n/I1nTla6VS0oGYu6S8d4 YX445/unVZUezA8NCHDBCZopxGAmFV+TofYN02lbbK3pLDENhIKBgs2rQpDW1YmX exS3kBVprtEAMMjVat2eB9t1s8gcy/NdbJMgUHPLY2yqALdqGgtJgq11Q3O4lnXB 5DDxrTeCyxgdVoffO94zWHT/yffsnxl3+GzQGvSnXlgZnI8zZSg= =GT6E -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----2. Get current sig
curl --proxy socks5h://<yourtorproxyipandport> "https://canary.boltz.exchange/message.txt.asc"-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 The maintainer(s) and admins of the software project known as Boltz Exchange have received and complied with 0 requests for information of any kind by any third parties including but not limited to government agencies. We will renew this notice in 60 days time. If this notice fails to be renewed by then, you should assume the worst. I am the admin of https://boltz.exchange I am in control of my PGP key. I will update this canary within 60 days. Today is 2026-08-05. Latest bitcoin block hash: 000000000000000000006b67852dfffa4e4f2d8f63751ca837417f3ac990cf7a -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEwmQPYwVw9e3t4C3mhNJJunFoXUYFAmpzNo4ACgkQhNJJunFo XUbllg/+M0+FuAXaaWo2dc5z9Pa8ZRjPl9hQHeHufLdVZLIikF3jBBxGWKqmx/aw vUTQd1FefPFCXB96bDsTh+BGQOsSiat1pheujP5yhUGVEbxWYYPsUSJLQNvwgUcl v/Ghd7M/V3OuPXYhfrebAnlOQawOZrgqEL277wQC94TVBtPi7eEizWLJxCq1d0ze NMpeaaiL/aFxv9pcGzGuuxzjNX3EcaW/Sc+PRaFzV6MmeClXEHGxRnpgAxAw4HFZ nxHpy5P0PmZgsCZghzVgO7KiTYl/32ys/OB9O2DCm6UzmVSEMk0fei5jKxjF/rJk aFfoPdqF7bCAEEZmHK6DQXxwatHPtBDOFdnWIpWHwBOC5paB7IC2EGyvrel11Zg4 XvGoE7XpU+ZqEPpGlzFvZ81Il58bszjcdjZOLY6rrBtOa/9m7l7/8alB0mHBtWL0 gSYgtXnL5wKi1YCdnkQHm8hegGCF5TH1OyEZ25VptDtpbtCLJ6dxlqV+BjLusvAq Zm2WGyAKic8QqynMAHJtP/9QbtslfcW2NTs7rwgKkxuI8ZSlJikgpoIR3Z4rBRiU N2rVTkK5by9uaD7bgok6XjkSD4kzet5dCsgfHkq2abTSvh2p2BzFvneqIWZt6mHL Ynb+btwZxdU0fOYmF/7Aob9tIXwiqfwwcWulOYwIdLh+1GaeTRY= =u4+b -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----save as file.
3. Compare keys sig was made with
$ for f in 2024-08-31.txt 2026-08-05.txt; do gpg --verify -vvvv $f 2>&1 | grep "using.*key"; done gpg: using RSA key C2640F630570F5EDEDE02DE684D249BA71685D46 gpg: using RSA key C2640F630570F5EDEDE02DE684D249BA71685D464. YOU'RE FUCKING WELCOME
FWIW...
I'm reducing my "chance that this was an intentional non-renewal" to 4%, from 5%
I'm increasing my "chance that this was an unintentional non-renewal" to 16%, from 5%
I'm keeping my "canaries are kinda pointless and often work against the publisher" at 100% though.
https://twiiit.com/BTCConsultantNL/status/2085000794630488455
https://twiiit.com/Boltzhq/status/2084980509642281288
Samourai's warrant canary had expired less than a year before their arrests: https://x.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1664738065632436224
Most big piracy businesses have relocated overseas to friendly jurisdictions about a decade ago.
The same will have to happen to all Bitcoin organizations soon.
https://twiiit.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1664738065632436224
the canary has now been updated: https://canary.boltz.exchange
A few months ago I attended a talk of Kilian were he said that they had never received a letter from the "authorities". But that if they ever did, they wouldn't be able to talk about it. Not renewing the canary does not count as talking about it.
My guess: has something to do with Iran
They provide good service, I hope it doesn't last long.
Let's be positive 💪 I personally really liked it and used it quite a bit; this service is very secure and trustworthy. I hope it gets back up and running soon.
To give full context to what Boltz said on X (using nitter)
you could have shared the source link, the image is illegible
https://twiiit.com/Boltzhq/status/2084311537502630319
The plot thickens!
Ugh.
sheit...
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