Did Bitcoin bridge Boltz silently warn of a government takeover?

Bitcoin bridge Boltz, which recently suspended its services after repeated attacks from AI-powered hackers, has come under fire after it allowed its warrant canary to lapse for over five days.

The lapse indicates to several critics that Boltz is possibly under government investigation.

A warrant canary is a colloquial term for a recurring public notice that a service has not received a secret legal process.

Because subjects of a legal or criminal investigation often may not lawfully disclose service of legal proceedings once a process server or law enforcement agency begins work, developers proactively and periodically state that they have not received such service by renewing their warrant canary.

A missed renewal of a warrant canary, including silence after a regular time period, is an alarm that something is amiss. Boltz’ own text told readers to “assume the worst” if it failed to renew on-time.

Boltz renewed its warrant canary notice today with a valid, PGP-signed message that claims zero government data demands. A defender said the team simply forgot during the swap freeze.

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