---
title: "Embargo"
url: https://loot.build/docs/concepts/embargo
group: "Concepts"
status: written
summary: "Ship the fix now, reveal the source at a timestamp."
---

# Embargo

> Ship the fix now, reveal the source at a timestamp.

An **embargoed** path is encrypted to everyone until a reveal timestamp. You can merge a security fix, cut the release, and push — the relay holds the ciphertext while withholding the key until `reveal_at` passes on the relay's own clock. Then anyone who pulls can read it. No lying clock, escrow inspection, or patched binary reads it early: the key bytes simply aren't there yet.