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,…

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…

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…

Federated sidechains utilize key management to provide security and allow functionality beyond the Bitcoin mainchain. This is an opinion editorial by Shinobi, a self-taught educator in the Bitcoin space and…

Drivechains, like softchains, are another sidechain implementation with two-way peg functionality. This is an opinion editorial by Shinobi, a self-taught educator in the Bitcoin space and tech-oriented Bitcoin podcast host.…

Softchains are a sidechain implementation that interact on a deeper level with consensus mechanisms, which can bring benefits and risks. This is an opinion editorial by Shinobi, a self-taught educator…

There has been a lot of digital ink spilled about the concept of Bitcoin Maximalism, but there are things the critics don’t understand. This is an opinion editorial by Stephan…

While spacechains have limited functionality for Bitcoin users, they do provide some interesting use cases worth exploring. In the last article, I broke down what a spacechain is and how…

Spacechains is a proposed Bitcoin sidechain that offers a one-way peg mechanism utilizing blind merge mine design. The idea of sidechains as a scaling and feature extension mechanism for Bitcoin…