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Bitcoin Layer 2: Statechains

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The second article in the Bitcoin Layer 2 series. This article covers Statechains, originally designed by Ruben Somsen, and implemented by CommerceBlock.
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Silent Payments Improve Privacy Without Adding Data To Bitcoin

Bitcoin Magazine -
Silent payments improve user privacy and are similar to stealth addresses and reusable payment codes, but actually save space on the Bitcoin blockchain.
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Improving Bitcoin Privacy With Silent Payments

Marty Bent -
By sharing a secret between a receiver and sender, then scanning the Bitcoin blockchain for the transaction, users gain more privacy thanks to a new proposal.
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How Federated eCash And Bitcoin Can Embed Properties Of A Digital Cash System

Bitcoin Magazine -
Discussing Bitcoin and Federated Ecash, a Blockstream-sponsored project that builds on David Chaum's Digicash startup from the early 1990s.
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Discussing Bitcoin Softchains, Sidechains Using PoW Fraud Proofs

Bitcoin Magazine -
Ruben Somsen joined "The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado" to discuss the pros and cons of his softchains proposal.
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Exploring Drivechain, A Miner-Secured Bitcoin Sidechain

Bitcoin Magazine -
In this episode of "The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado," the hosts are joined by Ruben Somsen to discuss the sidechain project Drivechain.
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