Liquid Network Exploit Leaves Nearly 600 BTC in Limbo as Blockstream Rejects Ransom Demand

The Liquid Network exploit has turned a technical bug into a very human standoff: nearly 600 BTC remain missing, and Blockstream says it will not pay to get them back.The company said Sept. 11 that it had rejected a ransom demand from the actors behind the Sept. 6 incident, pushing back on their claim that they were white-hat researchers. Blockstream says the unauthorized removal and continued withholding of funds amounts to theft.The dispute comes as Liquid, a Bitcoin sidechain operated through