Bitcoin Layer 2: Statechains
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Layer 2: Statechains Statechains are an original second layer protocol originally developed by Ruben Somsen in 2018, depending on the eltoo (or LN Symmetry) proposal. In 2021…
Lightspark Announces New Bitcoin L2 and Upgraded UMA Capabilities
At Lightspark Sync, Lightspark’s first partner summit on Thursday, the company announced new products and features that will allow users to make global payments with both bitcoin and fiat. The…
Mercury Layer: A Massive Improvement On Statechains
CommerceBlock is releasing Mercury Layer today, an improved version of their variation of a statechain. You can read a longer form explanation of how their Mercury statechains work here. The…
Integrating Statechains With Lightning Channels Can Allow For Off-Chain Balancing And Improved Flexibility
A Commerceblock BLIP facilitates Lightning channels built on Bitcoin statechains, improving flexibility for the Layer 2 protocol. Last year, I wrote about Commerceblock’s Mercury Wallet, an implementation of both statechains…
Mercury Wallet’s Roadmap To Bitcoin Scalability And Privacy
Mercury Wallet, a Layer 2 scaling solution for Bitcoin, plans to integrate with the Lightning Network and blind its server. Mercury Wallet, a Layer 2 application built for Bitcoin, is…