Our July 2023 in review: 🚢- shipped new versions of web app and backend:

Snort

Snort - Nostr

Snort is a feature-packed, decentralized social media client built on Nostr protocol. Fast, censorship-resistant, and open source.

🤕- finally fixed up our node:

Snort

Snort - Nostr

Snort is a feature-packed, decentralized social media client built on Nostr protocol. Fast, censorship-resistant, and open source.

🌊- Liquid swaps continued strong, making up ~22% of total volume (down only 5% m-o-m) ⬆️-m-o-m total volume is up again: ~14%

Dear ano trying to swap

Liquid Explorer - Blockstream.info

Blockstream Explorer is an open source block explorer providing detailed blockchain data across Bitcoin, Testnet, and Liquid. Supports Tor and trac...

for ⚡️ , please DM us! We respect the hustle, there are assignments waiting for you 👊

⚡ Routing Node Operator Pro Tip: If you want to do some volume, get in between us and lightning CEXes like OKX. We are routing some serious volume towards them and routes are constantly exhausted. Market do your thing - go!

Nostr &⚡ > X !

We just released `boltz-backend` version 3.2.1 **Route-ability** :twisted_rightwards_arrows: * Use queryRoutes to estimate timeout of swaps * Send latest swap status on SSE connect, enabling clients to gracefully resume swaps when connection was interrupted * Update LND to v0.16.4 * Smaller fixes like for integration tests For the full run down check:

GitHub

Release v3.2.1 - Route-ability · BoltzExchange/boltz-backend

This release features some more improvements regarding the reliability of lightning payments for swaps Bug Fixes Use correct Logger for NodeInfo R...

Also we just released `boltz-web-app` version 1.0.1 :sparkles: * add retry logic for SSE stream, gracefully resuming swaps when connection was lost * improve claiming logic, make swap more robust * consistently use API via onion URL when accessed via onion * make expected on-chain amount clearer * make it clear to keep keep browser open for reverse swaps * landing page layout improvements * improvements for mobile layout * Fix broken links The release tag is available at:

GitHub

Release v1.0.1 · BoltzExchange/boltz-web-app

Bug Fixes Broken links (#186) Add GitHub link (#191) QR code generation in TOR browser (#195) Miscellaneous Tasks Remove Vercel script

⚠️Announcement⚠️ We'll have a scheduled ~2h maintenance downtime tomorrow at 7am UTC:

Event Time Announcer - Boltz Maintenance

Event Time Announcer shows time for Boltz Maintenance in locations all over the world. In UTC it happens on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at 7:00:00 am.

Reason: Upgrading to lnd 0.16.4 - the release that fixes the memory leak + db compaction

Our June 2023 in review: 🚢- shipped our all-new web app:

X (formerly Twitter)

Boltz - Non-Custodial Bitcoin Bridge (@Boltzhq) on X

Today we are introducing our all-new web app: 👉 https://t.co/foQwGMxwVD 👈 🏠 Uniting Liquid & mainchain swaps in one web app 🥕 Swa...

🤯- new use cases:

X (formerly Twitter)

Boltz - Non-Custodial Bitcoin Bridge (@Boltzhq) on X

We honestly didn't think about the DCA mainchain fee issue @Liquid_BTC swaps solve. Nice one! DCA Lightning via e.g. @bullbitcoin_ @Strike @CashAp...

💪- greatly improved lightning payment reliability: https://twitter.com/Boltzhq/status/1674716949035593729 🌊- Liquid swaps made up ~27% of total volume ⬆️- m-o-m total volume is up ~37%

Our API is now additionally reachable at api.boltz.exchange and JSON output in the browser is finally working. Try it out with e.g.: https://api.boltz.exchange/version All available calls: https://docs.boltz.exchange/en/latest/api

We confronted the obscurity of enigmatic powers at play, so payments shall gracefully flow, defying temporal constraints when your wallet was closed, completing the dance of swap d'une manière ... beau. Read: We greatly improved swap reliability for Phoenix Wallets!

⚠️Announcement⚠️ Boltz's services will be down for a scheduled maintenance tomorrow June 28th from 7:00 (am) UTC for roughly 1.5h. Reason is a restart of our lightning node due to a memory leak in the latest release. There will be a new release fixing the issue shortly.

We just released a new landing page @

Boltz | Non-Custodial Bitcoin Bridge

Boltz | Non-Custodial Bitcoin Bridge

Swap between different Bitcoin layers while staying in full control. Fast and non-custodial Lightning / Bitcoin / Liquid / Rootstock swaps.

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!

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" Confirm with "Install" Now you should find Boltz as App Icon on your home screen which you can open and run just like any other app

Today we are introducing our all-new web app: 👉

Boltz | Non-Custodial Bitcoin Bridge

Boltz | Non-Custodial Bitcoin Bridge

Swap between different Bitcoin layers while staying in full control. Fast and non-custodial Lightning / Bitcoin / Liquid / Rootstock swaps.

👈 🏠 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:

Introducing Our New Boltz Web App

We are thrilled to finally ship our all-new web app, bringing together Liquid & Bitcoin mainchain swaps under one roof, enabling swaps to taproot a...

Finally back online!