You should never hold Bitcoin on a sidechain

The Liquid Network exploit of September 2026 drained about 320 million dollars of L-BTC from a federated sidechain and reopened the question of whether any Bitcoin should live off the main chain.

Liquid Network exploit and redemption freeze

Following Liquid’s September 6, 2026 exploit, October 11 reporting said Bitcoin redemptions remained suspended with a reserve shortfall of about 603 BTC. Resumption depends on restored backing and security work; no restart date was confirmed in the reviewed reporting.

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