Boltz - Non-Custodial Bitcoin Bridge

Boltz is a non-custodial Bitcoin bridge built to swap between different Bitcoin layers while staying in full control. API Docs: http://docs.boltz.exchange

Public Key

npub1psm37hke2pmxzdzraqe3cjmqs28dv77da74pdx8mtn5a0vegtlas9q8970

NIP-05 Address

_@boltz.exchange

NIP-57 Address

ln@bol.tz

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsqcdcltmv4qanpx3p7svcufdsg9rkk00x7l2sknra4e6whkv59l7cppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0tevzjh

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relay.primal.net

nostr.bitcoiner.social

Author Public Key

npub1psm37hke2pmxzdzraqe3cjmqs28dv77da74pdx8mtn5a0vegtlas9q8970

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Last Notes

2024-11-11 13:58:50

Say hello to Rootstock Swaps!👋
Rootstock Swaps allow anyone to explore Rootstock with ease and enable exciting new use cases on Lightning ⚡
Learn all about it 👇
https://blog.boltz.exchange/p/hello-rootstock-swaps

2024-10-04 18:40:05

We just released Boltz Client v2.1.7 "Readonly" 👀
Highlights:
* allow readonly wallets for receiving and chain swap destinations
* custom reverse swap invoice expiry
* lnd: allow macaroon to be encoded in hex
For the full rundown check the release notes: https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-client/releases/tag/v2.1.7

2024-09-26 15:22:23

We have been cooking!🚀 Today, we are launching the *Boltz BTCPay Plugin*, enabling merchants to accept Lightning payments without the need to run a node. Powered by Liquid Swaps 🌊
"The most impactful plugin ever released on BTCPay!"
- strainly.io
https://blog.boltz.exchange/p/launching-the-boltz-btcpay-plugin

2024-09-26 15:22:04

2024-09-17 10:34:33

Our users are awesome 🔥
In the past couple of days, a user went out of his way to help us debug a swap transaction not showing in his @npub1ajl…zx3q
Result: bug fixed in GDK by @npub1jg5…6n8n's Leo Comandini - @npub1psm…8970 @npub1ajl…zx3q @npub1jg5…6n8n Green users all benefiting 🙌
https://github.com/Blockstream/gdk/commit/4480b43a03260be704c582a32530f5e3d653e283

2024-09-15 10:03:22

We just released Boltz Client v2.1.6 "Ball still low, pain still high" 😅
Highlights:
* listswaps pagination
* allow specifying all tenant
* track unspent tx outputs in GDK to fix another low-ball related bug
For the full rundown check the release notes: https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-client/releases/tag/v2.1.6

2024-07-11 17:29:33

Today we are excited to release "Autoswap", which fully automates liquidity management for your Lightning node using Liquid 🚀
Dive into our guide, walking you through how it works and how to set it up 👇
https://blog.boltz.exchange/p/guide-how-to-use-boltz-clients-autoswap

2024-05-30 12:43:38

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Rather Rootstock.

2024-05-30 10:07:36

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Don't trust us, just assume that we are.

2024-05-30 09:16:33

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They are not linkable for the public observer as amounts are blinded on Liquid and additionally Taproot Swaps generally made swap transactions indistinguishable from any other regular transaction.
BUT we do have the link! Therefore, privacy on Lightning is a bit better as one can't tell with certainty where a Lightning transaction was sent from.
That being said, Boltz respects privacy but is NOT a privacy solution or a substitute for e.g. coinjoins.

2024-05-29 21:28:17

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😅 Bitcoin-to-Bitcoin

2024-05-29 17:08:12

We are stoked to finally release Chain Swaps today🙌
Chain Swaps let you swap directly between Liquid and the Bitcoin mainchain and lay the foundation for more chain-to-chain pairs in future.
Learn all about it in our blog post 👇
https://blog.boltz.exchange/p/dispatching-chain-swaps

2024-05-22 12:00:02

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Not directly. You can use Boltz to swap from Lightning into Liquid, (best directly use a Sideswap destination address) and then Sideswap to go from L-BTC to USDT.

2024-05-06 16:48:11

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CLN's "pay this lightning invoice" is pretty broken. This PR makes it easier for users to use the alternative "mpay" instead.

2024-05-04 06:58:16

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Yes

2024-05-04 06:58:07

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Michael wrote mpay - a new pay plugin for CLN because CLN's pay is... not behaving as we expexted. Now Rusty of the CLN team pushed a commit adding the option for CLN to override pay with mpay.

2024-05-04 06:37:38

Well that escalated quickly 😅
https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-backend/pull/539

2024-05-03 11:37:50

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🙏

2024-05-03 10:34:03

The boi/gal behind node "HotPanics" please check your liquidity situation. Thank you!
https://amboss.space/node/02f3aa970b28ae7ce244fafce8f68d2ed816e2eb44119c714a2131cdf50d3479cb

2024-04-28 14:23:10

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Wild, that CLN's `pay` worked! 😋

2024-04-26 16:30:18

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We are monitoring the situation. So far we decided it's best to stay coolheaded.

2024-04-25 14:07:50

Also, we tied together the changes that enabled this and released "Lowballing" - our latest backend release 😏
For the full run down check the release notes: https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-backend/releases/tag/v3.6.0
#note16f2…4a8n

2024-04-25 11:06:25

Huuuge update with huge UX improvements! 👏
Shout-out to @npub1t28…nkzs for enabling this with boltz-rust! Thanks to boltz-rust, @npub1ajl…zx3q will feature Taproot Swaps and Immediate Cooperative Refunds soon too ✌
https://github.com/SatoshiPortal/boltz-rust
#note1gph…hpn7

2024-04-23 16:32:05

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It's a protocol upgrade that we are beta testing that allows us sending transactions with 0.01 instead of 0.1 sats/vbyte. If all goes well, it will be generally available later this year.

2024-04-23 16:02:20

Today we are drastically reducing network fees for Liquid swaps - finally making ⚡micropayments via wallets like Aqua, Marina, Bull Bitcoin or Helm economically viable 🫰
Network fees drop from previously ~400 sats total to ~40 sats total🤯
https://m.primal.net/HzBK.png

2024-04-21 13:10:41

And mainchain swaps are back!
Not to jinx it, but looks like the worst is over ✌️
#nevent1q…dkpt

2024-04-20 07:48:23

Probably nobody is considering using the mainchain anyways rn, but we temporarily disabled #Bitcoin mainchain swaps as a safety measure til things calmed down a bit.
Happy halving!
https://image.nostr.build/56612b06608a4263ea211e93f66e3bc95f865e10c4fcde4f212e4e37e062168e.jpg

2024-04-18 23:05:51

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Chain = Liquid or mainchain, applies to both

2024-04-18 07:10:04

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Yes!

2024-04-17 18:13:06

Today we deployed Boltz Web App v1.3.3 🥳
Highlights:
* Switch asset and direction based on input
* Improve swap creation with lnaddress/lnurl
* Improve copy button behavior
* Localized decimal separator
* Prevent refunding to lockup address
https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-web-app/releases/tag/v1.3.3

2024-04-17 13:38:23

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It's back

2024-04-12 20:22:57

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Nope. You can play around with it on testnet: https://testnet.boltz.exchange/, mainnet is a couple of weeks out

2024-04-12 20:19:48

Today we released Boltz Backend v3.5.0 "In Bloom" 🌸
* APIv2 finalized
* Batched swap claims for better chain efficiency
* Magic routing hints for wallets like @AquaBitcoin
* @Liquid_BTC claim covenant
For the full run down check the release notes: https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-backend/releases/tag/v3.5.0

2024-04-12 12:17:24

1) what
https://m.primal.net/HuGd.png

2024-04-04 07:22:55

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Trading Wallet + Trading Balance 😎

2024-03-21 21:54:32

Wondering about our potential interactions with government agencies?
We got something for you 👇
https://canary.boltz.exchange/

2024-03-14 18:26:35

On this beautiful day of justice, we are extremely proud to launch **Boltz Client** 🚀
If you run CLN or LND and want automatic & reliably cheap rebalancing of your channels using Liquid, you'll love Boltz Client!
Learn all about it 👇
https://blog.boltz.exchange/p/launching-boltz-client

2024-03-13 10:46:57

👀⛓️🌊⚛️🥕🔁
https://image.nostr.build/eac23ad7230aca753eb82c309f094fc68cdd74159f646d0f289a3bb8a621cf4c.jpg

2024-03-12 22:38:34

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Just replied to your DM here.

2024-03-11 22:11:10

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Lol

2024-03-11 15:21:09

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Only on testnet (https://testnet.boltz.exchange/) so far, still a couple of things to do there before we can deploy on mainnet.

2024-03-11 12:59:30

We just released Boltz Web App v1.3.1 🙌
* Cooperative claims for for consistent #Taproot usage
* Immediate cooperative refunds for RSK
* Implement Satcomma formatting for sats amounts by thelmuxkriovar
For the full run down check the release notes: https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-web-app/releases/tag/v1.3.1

2024-03-06 16:15:30

Satcomma the standard! That's how it's done 🙌
https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-web-app/pull/494

2024-02-24 16:57:07

If you are running Umbrel, we still have a couple of bounties to claim 👇
#nevent1q…e8s7

2024-02-17 20:59:21

We'll have a maintenance downtime of roughly one hour, tomorrow Sunday 18th @ 10am CET.
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Boltz+Maintenance+Downtime&iso=20240218T10&p1=141&ah=1

2024-02-16 16:48:21

Running Umbrel and want to earn 25k sats?
Check our bounty👇
https://docs.boltz.exchange/v/boltz-client/rtl-testing

2024-02-15 12:44:16

guy called it @npub1ajl…zx3q
https://void.cat/d/B9zHWV2ykQCWkWmt152Yaf.webp
https://stacker.news/items/178020/r/boltz?commentId=178107

2024-02-12 12:17:15

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We know the chain origin and final lightning destination in Chain -> Lightning Swaps. We do *not* know the origin in Lightning -> Chain swaps but, the chain destination. We always know amounts.
Publicly, privacy is not too bad with confidential transactions hiding asset and amounts on Liquid (but not tx graph), and with Taproot Swaps it's additionally pretty tough to tell that a tx was part of a swap.
Will start a FAQ section in docs with this as we get this question a lot. Thanks for asking and pushing for transparency!

2024-01-31 11:04:59

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Thank you!

2024-01-30 16:26:50

Anyone looking to give dormant testnet coins meaning, drop em here 👇
tb1quq5mr47ld2p54pah7ahc6l38dp2kphfwnwchfz

2024-01-29 12:46:05

👀 https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-core/pull/113
#nevent1q…urwz

2024-01-27 10:54:18

Shout-out to @npub1tjk…s9w3 for these real-world condition tests in rural Zimbabwe. We need much more of this!
And glad to see Boltz was useful ofc 🙏
https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2024/01/26/which-is-the-best-self-custody-lightning-wallet/

2024-01-27 07:30:53

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Hello!

2024-01-26 17:31:37

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Even moar: https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-backend/issues/464

2024-01-26 17:28:55

Covenants - Proof of Use Case.
https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-backend/issues/466

2024-01-25 14:17:17

👀🥕🔁
https://blog.boltz.exchange/p/introducing-taproot-swaps-putting

2024-01-22 11:51:52

GM 🫡
https://void.cat/d/6rTLbhfk46XoAeFAGMxDxv.webp

2024-01-04 11:53:36

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We'd also love to understand if this was our fault.
@npub1ey6…szvp add us to the support ticket convo if it's likely sth went wrong on our end

2023-12-31 23:22:40

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Yes

2023-12-30 10:50:57

🫡
#nevent1q…hjcl

2023-12-21 16:52:14

Today we shipped Boltz Web App v1.2.0 🚢
- Automatically detect & switch to Browser language
- Add Chinese language localization
- Improved refund file download as one simple step
- Clickable min/max amounts
- Improved behavior when jumping form landing page to /swap
- Swap Box Emped version for iframes
- Move important error messages into "Create Atomic Swap" button
- Default to BTC denomination for new users
- Many more fixes and improvements related to WebLN, LNURL, UI elements and more
For the full run down check the release notes: https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-web-app/releases/tag/v1.2.0

2023-12-20 19:24:24

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Do we? We were not aware :)
Joking aside, a federated model has its trade-offs is not for everyone. That being said not everyone can afford >200 sats/vbyte.

2023-12-20 18:57:43

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Issue was resolved btw

2023-12-20 13:57:50

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Wait, are you somehow unsure if this was our fault? If so please DM swap or tx id or invoice. If our web app says the swap was refunded it was refunded.

2023-12-20 08:47:25

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Let us know how it went. Happy to answer questions/doubts re "trust" you hinted on before.

2023-12-19 21:14:56

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https://testnet.boltz.exchange
Bitcoin mainchain <> Liquid Swaps are in the works.

2023-12-19 20:05:14

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Just catching up after a long day, what did we miss?

2023-12-16 13:29:40

#Bitcoin mainchain swaps are practically ded on Boltz. Very few big ones. Meanwhile @Liquid_BTC Swaps be like hold my beer 😁
https://void.cat/d/N4UikhyjJYYySysJXRhgy9.webp

2023-12-08 10:43:25

In the past days we are seeing the majority of @Liquid_BTC swaps in the 1k-10k sats range and practically no mainchain swap below 1 million sats.
Market doing its thing. Beautiful to watch 🤓
https://void.cat/d/3w3usS41rePJLq69ZA34TJ.webp

2023-12-04 15:26:12

GM. Study Liquid.
That's it, that's the note.
https://void.cat/d/By9XsuzTuVPLs5Ed7ckyr9.webp

2023-11-18 08:54:23

Last sentence is the most important one: it's what we have
Nothing else will come close to its production readiness anytime soon
#nevent1q…yu5u

2023-11-16 10:49:59

#Bitcoin community, help a fellow Bitcoiner to recover funds! Reposts & @'s highly appreciated🙏
Anyone with contacts to a tech-savvy person at Kraken please relay this! The issue is not easy to get across, user tried with Kraken customer service for two weeks to no avail.
What happened:
- user accidentally pasted Kraken's ln node pubkey as "destination" in a Boltz swap
- turns out node pubkeys are valid P2PKs (the thing before there were Bitcoin addresses), so the swap went through
- now the funds are sitting in a P2PK which Kraken should have keys for
Here the P2PK: https://mempool.space/address/02f1a8c87607f415c8f22c00593002775941dea48869ce23096af27b0cfdcc0b69
Which matches:
https://amboss.space/node/02f1a8c87607f415c8f22c00593002775941dea48869ce23096af27b0cfdcc0b69
Kraken should be able to return the funds using their lightning node's key to sign the transaction.
We know this is a big ask and some might not even consider the amount worth the effort but for us this is about principles: Returning funds to a fellow Bitcoiner, user of Kraken & Boltz 🙏
#Bitcoin never gets boring.

2023-11-01 14:55:15

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🙏 but missing https://www.bitrefill.com/us/en/esims/?
Recently used and didn't require any PII/KYC.

2023-10-31 15:34:37

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Glad you find it useful!
PS: L-BTC -> LN is already live, please let us know how it went when you had the chance to test it out!

2023-10-30 20:54:41

We just released **Boltz Backend** version 3.3.0 "Core compatibility" 🤓
* Integrate CLN & hold invoice plugin into backend
* Upgrade LND to 0.17.0, smooth balancing and failover between LND & CLN
* Countless improvement for lightning payment reliability to various wallets, especially Phoenix/ACINQ
* Increase invoice expiry to give users more time to complete a swap
* Backend integration in monitoring suite (grafana, prometheus, loki)
* Prepare for RSK Swaps
For the full run down check: https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-backend/releases/tag/v3.3.0

2023-10-23 09:03:59

GM. We increased liquid swap limits from max 0.1 BTC -> 0.2 BTC ✌️
https://void.cat/d/JofU1fXTuAdxrgQKejUYAV.webp

2023-10-11 12:18:55

We just released Boltz Web App v1.1.1 🫡
- we now populate amounts in the swap box automatically based on the pasted lightning invoice
- add pwa doc for https://boltz.app
- several smaller bug fixes
For the full run down check the release notes: https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-web-app/releases/tag/v1.1.1

2023-10-06 08:42:24

We are back to 1 sat/vbyte they said..
Point is you can't rely on it. Your lightning channels can't. Rebalancing with @npub1jg5…6n8n Liquid soves this. Learn how it works and how much you can save here: https://blog.boltz.exchange/p/launching-liquid-swaps-unfairly-cheap
https://void.cat/d/Y6VVRBzMk2PaxsLw137LLn.webp

2023-10-03 12:37:23

We just deployed a new version of our Web App to https://boltz.exchange 😎
Highlights:
* Add DE/ES translations
* Improved asset selector
* Increased reliability of processing swaps in background
* Set default amount to 0
* Rm start page overlay
* Fixes for TOR & WebLN
Moar👇
https://void.cat/d/9GGZwzwZSNs7pumw5GR6XL.webp
Full release notes: https://github.com/BoltzExchange/boltz-web-app/releases/tag/v1.1.0

2023-09-23 20:51:35

Boltz is offline right now, be back in 2-3h.
We were essentially offline already for the past hours without noticing it because LND *deadlocked* itself once more in the weirdest way - invoice creation just stopped working reliably.
We are as annoyed as you are 😑 pls bear with us!
And before you ask: Because of ... reasons our new CLN instance couldn't catch this and smoothly take over this time.
We'll make sure next time it will 💪

2023-08-15 09:03:50

De-linking and confidential transactions on Liquid are highly underrated!
#nevent1q…ns6u

2023-06-22 15:54:04

We just released a new landing page @ https://boltz.exchange
Intention is to add some info about what we do (more to come) and whom we are working with for first time users, while keeping the swap box only a tap away.
Let us know what you think!
https://void.cat/d/89en1DE6F9yxFhoLYFwtQH.webp

2023-06-21 13:24:07

This is how easy it is to install Boltz as App (PWA) on your mobile, here an example of the steps for Android:
1. Open boltz.exchange in your mobile browser, open the browser menu and tap "Install App"
https://void.cat/d/T7D7ezfXDfjx8sW8GD4tsU.webp
Confirm with "Install"
https://void.cat/d/Ewt3g5Tgk8iHfA2KDnRUT7.webp
Now you should find Boltz as App Icon on your home screen which you can open and run just like any other app
https://void.cat/d/PXuoTaDsHMcR6GofQUnEWg.webp
https://void.cat/d/67XZcrVKD3HiMzKc9msfuF.webp

2023-06-19 15:35:03

Today we are introducing our all-new web app:
👉 http://boltz.exchange 👈
🏠 United Liquid & mainchain swaps: one web app to swap them all
⬆️ Increased Liquid swap limits: Now up to 0.1 BTC
🥕 Swap to Taproot addresses: now supporting bech32m
🧅 Enhanced privacy: Liquid swaps available via onion domain
📱App Store censorship resistance: install as Progressive Web App
🧮 Exact on-chain amounts: swap to pay with precision down to the satoshi
More: https://blog.boltz.exchange/p/introducing-our-new-boltz-web-app

2023-06-06 11:33:10

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Eventually we want liquid swaps to be tightly controllable but fully automated via a local daemon connected to your node. No need to handle liquid/L-BTC.

2023-05-26 17:54:07

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Yeah gets killed by OS when in background. Still figuring out how we can improve UX here. Btw it's actually your browser *claiming* the locked coins.

2023-05-24 19:03:16

Today we are officially launching Liquid Swaps - Your tool for unfairly cheap rebalancing of your Lightning node! ⚡🌊
Try it out 👉 http://liquid.boltz.exchange 👈
https://blog.boltz.exchange/p/launching-liquid-swaps-unfairly-cheap

2022-12-21 11:51:11

just setting up my nostr