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TECHNICAL

An Overview Of The Tradeoffs For Different Sidechain Implementations

Shinobi -
Each Bitcoin sidechain implementation brings about different centralization and consensus issues to weigh and consider.
TECHNICAL

With Drivechain, Bitcoin Will Make Altcoins Obsolete

Nikita Chashchinskii -
Drivechain, a proposed soft fork via BIPs 300 and 301, could introduce a portfolio of sidechains to Bitcoin and replicate any altcoin use case.
TECHNICAL

Federated Sidechains Are Bitcoin’s Original Upgradeable Sidechain Implementation

Shinobi -
Federated sidechains utilize key management to provide security and allow functionality beyond the Bitcoin mainchain.
TECHNICAL

Drivechain Allows Sidechain Node Operators To Pay Miners To Mine — And More!

Shinobi -
Drivechain, like softchains, is another sidechain implementation with two-way peg functionality.
TECHNICAL

Softchains Bring Two-Way Pegs And Potential Room For Use Cases — But Not Without Security Costs

Shinobi -
Softchains are a sidechain implementation that interact on a deeper level with consensus mechanisms, which can bring benefits and risks.
CULTURE

How We Should Really Think About Bitcoin Maximalism

Stephan Livera -
There has been a lot of digital ink spilled about the concept of Bitcoin Maximalism, but there are things the critics don’t understand.
TECHNICAL

Exploring The Bitcoin Use Cases Of Spacechains

Shinobi -
While spacechains have limited functionality for Bitcoin users, they do provide some interesting use cases worth exploring.
TECHNICAL

Spacechains: How This New Bitcoin Sidechain Proposal Works

Shinobi -
Spacechains is a proposed Bitcoin sidechain that offers a one-way peg mechanism utilizing blind merge mine design.
MARKETS

Bitcoin Has No Real Use For DeFi In Its Current Form

Alexzha -
A wave of decentralized finance (DeFi) products, mostly built on Ethereum, has some wondering if Bitcoin could benefit from the ecosystem.
TECHNICAL

The King of Blockchains, Bitcoin Can Become the Foundation for Web 3.0

Muneeb Ali -
The crypto industry seems to have dismissed Bitcoin when it comes to smart contracts or Web 3.0 — but Blockstack co-founder Muneeb Ali believes this is going to change.
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