Sidechains

A look at different solutions to solving the issue of end users interactions with the Lightning network, i.e. the last mile problem.

Anduro is a federated/merge mined hybrid sidechain design, specifically designed to enable the federation to manage multiple sidechains with differing architectures.

The crypto community was split in half when a proposal about Bitcoin sidechains was reintroduced. While the proposal aims to expand the utility of Bitcoin, its limitations cause controversy. A blockchain merge-mined with Bitcoin that also employs gas fee-friendly economics might hold the answer.

Willem Schroe, founder of Botanix Labs, discusses the reasons why his company is working on a decentralized second layer to bring the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) to Bitcoin.

Botanix Labs has designed a mechanism for governing a two-way pegged Bitcoin sidechain system with proof-of-stake collateralized with BTC.

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.

The activation of hashrate escrow in combination with blind merge mining inevitably degrades writes Bitcoin Magazine Technical Editor Shinobi.

Faced with the threat of ossification, Bitcoin Core should adopt BIPs 300 and 301, integrating Drivechain’s solutions for ongoing security.

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.

The bitcoin price may be down from its all-time highs, but off-chain uses for bitcoin assets are in their own bull market.