{"id":560969,"date":"2026-09-08T12:10:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T11:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=560969"},"modified":"2026-09-08T12:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T11:10:20","slug":"liquid-recovers-3400-btc-as-hacker-asks-is-that-ok-after-pocketing-47-million-in-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/liquid-recovers-3400-btc-as-hacker-asks-is-that-ok-after-pocketing-47-million-in-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Liquid recovers 3,400 BTC as hacker asks “is that ok?” after pocketing $47 million in Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin's Liquid sidechain received 3,400 BTC back into its federation wallet on Sept. 7 after a reserve drain. The partial recovery restores assets behind L-BTC, its Bitcoin-linked token, while withdrawal access remains unconfirmed and public bridge nodes are still listed as experiencing a major outage.<\/p>\n

The recovery transaction<\/a> confirmed at 16:09:25 UTC in Bitcoin block 965950. By press time on Sept. 8, Blockstream\u2019s status page<\/a> still listed an active Liquid security incident and a major outage affecting public bridge nodes.<\/p>\n

That leaves holders with two separate questions: how much Bitcoin is available to back their tokens, and when they can redeem them.<\/p>\n\n

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A whitehat hacker is holding $320 million in drained Bitcoin until developers prove they patched a fatal network flaw<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/i>\n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n

Before the repayment, the self-described white-hat hackers wrote in an on-chain message<\/a> that they were \u201csending most back\u201d to Liquid\u2019s federation address, asking \u201cis that ok.\u201d<\/p>\n

The subsequent transaction<\/a> returned 3,400 BTC to the federation wallet and sent approximately 598.5 BTC, worth roughly $47 million at the time, back to the hackers\u2019 address. The public evidence reviewed does not establish that this retained amount was an agreed bounty.<\/p>\n

CryptoSlate\u2019s earlier coverage<\/a> put the original federation outflow at approximately 3,996 BTC. The later recovery transaction spent approximately 3,998.5 BTC from the holder address.<\/p>\n

The return followed another on-chain patch message at 09:41:26 UTC on Sept. 7, stating that bridge nodes had been patched and that funds were safe to return. This reconstruction<\/a> reports that its signature verifies against Blockstream\u2019s security key. The patch claim does not establish that withdrawal services had reopened.<\/p>\n\n

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Tokens created out of thin air may explain how $320 million in Bitcoin left the Liquid sidechain<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/i>\n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n

The remaining test for holders<\/h2>\n

Liquid\u2019s documented redemption process<\/a> burns L-BTC and releases Bitcoin through the federation. Ordinary users generally need an authorized member or service to convert their L-BTC back to BTC.<\/p>\n

The returned coins add assets to the backing wallet. Establishing full backing requires reconciling recoverable reserves with legitimate outstanding L-BTC. The 3,400 BTC transfer alone does not supply that accounting.<\/p>\n

Operational access also depends on services reopening. In its Sept. 6 incident statement<\/a>, @Liquid_BTC said bridge nodes had been disabled and exchanges had paused or would pause L-BTC deposits and withdrawals.<\/p>\n

That day, @side_swap said<\/a> its swaps, peg-ins and peg-outs were paused until Liquid resumed. It asked users not to send new peg-in or peg-out deposits until it announced services were back.<\/p>\n

Exchange withdrawal access still requires confirmation from individual services. With Blockstream\u2019s dashboard listing the bridge outage on Sept. 8, a confirmed restart and a reserve reconciliation remain the next tests of whether holders can convert their L-BTC back to Bitcoin in full.<\/p>\n\n

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Ontology forces urgent node upgrade after restarting chain hit by malicious activity<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/i>\n <\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n

Approximately 598.5 BTC remained at the hackers\u2019 address at press time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Sept. 7 return replenished the federation wallet, but Blockstream still listed a public bridge outage the following morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1264,"featured_media":560990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77968,16041,77494],"tags":[81073,82380,76769,79433],"post_folder":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLiquid recovers 3,400 BTC; withdrawals remain unconfirmed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Liquid received 3,400 BTC on Sept. 7, but its bridge outage persisted on Sept. 8. 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