Bitcoin Didn't Break. The $320M Shortcut Built on Top of It Did.
Bitcoin Well Podcast
- Published
- September 9, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 1m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Sep 9, 2026
Discusses society, culture.
Summary
Liquid, the Blockstream sidechain built to give Bitcoin users faster and more private transactions, hit a consensus split this week and "white hat hackers" pulled $320 million out of it. Bitcoin itself never went down. The layer built on top of it did. Rob from Bitcoin News joins us to go deep on what actually happened with Liquid and why this keeps being…
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Liquid, the Blockstream sidechain built to give Bitcoin users faster and more private transactions, hit a consensus split this week and "white hat hackers" pulled $320 million out of it. Bitcoin itself never went down. The layer built on top of it did. Rob from Bitcoin News joins us to go deep on what actually happened with Liquid and why this keeps being the pattern: the same week, the ColdCard attacker moved 45 percent of previously stolen funds in a third wave, and Orionx, a Tether-backed Chi
Themes
- society
- culture