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13.09.2026

Alex Bosworth: Shift in sidechain marketing raises custodial risk for BTC users — Sidechain shift raises BTC custodial risk

Alex Bosworth, head of infrastructure at Lightning Labs, raises concerns about a change in federated sidechain marketing strategies.

According to Bosworth, sidechains were originally positioned as appeal only to traders on exchanges, emphasizing their custodial nature. However, he observes that the messaging has changed, now framing sidechains as a solution for ordinary users by suggesting that running nodes is too difficult. Bosworth warns this shift could put everyday BTC users at greater risk of custodial losses.

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Bosworth previously examined how BTC and AI could help secure third-party use of home labs by addressing data privacy issues, as detailed in a past analysis. He has also discussed the complexity involved in building swaps services for actual production environments beyond basic setups, according to another commentary. His recent remarks continue a pattern of highlighting infrastructure and user security challenges in the Bitcoin ecosystem.

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