Anduro: A Network of Sidechains
Marathon yesterday announced their Anduro layer two proposal. While there aren’t really any fundamentally new pieces or developments in the Anduro design, they do compose in slightly different ways compared…
Bitcoin Beyond BIP-300: What Future Holds For ‘DeFi On BTC’
Does Bitcoin need any sidechains for its future? The DeFi community nowadays is split between “yes” and “no” as an answer to this question after the resurgence of a six-year-old…
Spiderchains: A Proof Of Stake Second Layer
This is an extension to my previous article series discussing the different sidechain proposals that exist. Those articles can be found here: Spacechains, Spacechain Use Cases, Softchains, Drivechains, Federated Chains,…
Drivechains Are Stupid, Prove Me Wrong
Shinobi’s Strawman is a weekly series where our Technical Editor Shinobi challenges the Bitcoin community, aiming to stir up conversation around heated technical debates. ______________________________________________________________ We are going to try…
How Drivechains Introduce New Incentive Dynamics to Bitcoin
Despite a nice few months this summer after Burak, infamous slayer of the Lightning Network, dropped his proposal for the new second layer protocol Ark where people had a lot…
Why Drivechain Is Our Best Chance To Secure Bitcoin Into The Future
Faced with the threat of ossification, Bitcoin Core should adopt BIPs 300 and 301, integrating Drivechain’s solutions for ongoing security. This is an opinion editorial by Samuel Greenberg, who believes…
Layer 2 Labs Raises $3M At Launch To Supercharge Bitcoin’s Ecosystem
The firm, led by BIP 300 and BIP 301 author Paul Sztorc, is on a mission to bring privacy, scalability and better UX solutions to Bitcoin. Layer 2 Labs is…
We’re In A Bull Market For Off-Chain Bitcoin
The bitcoin price may be down from its all-time highs, but off-chain uses for bitcoin assets are in their own bull market. This is an opinion editorial by Zack Voell,…
An Overview Of The Tradeoffs For Different Sidechain Implementations
Each Bitcoin sidechain implementation brings about different centralization and consensus issues to weigh and consider. This is an opinion editorial by Shinobi, a self-taught educator in the Bitcoin space and…
With Drivechain, Bitcoin Will Make Altcoins Obsolete
Drivechain, a proposed soft fork via BIPs 300 and 301, could introduce a portfolio of sidechains to Bitcoin and replicate any altcoin use case. This is an opinion editorial by…