Overview Of Bitcoin Sidechain Tradeoffs – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] This is an opinion editorial by Shinobi, a self-taught educator in the Bitcoin space and tech-oriented Bitcoin podcast host. This article is the last in a series diving into the major sidechain designs that exist for Bitcoin. It is highly recommended to read the preceding pieces before this: (1) Spacechains, (2) Spacechain Use Cases, […]
Federated Sidechains Bitcoin Original – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] This is an opinion editorial by Shinobi, a self-taught educator in the Bitcoin space and tech-oriented Bitcoin podcast host. Federated sidechains are currently the only deployed type of Bitcoin sidechain (the most recent paper here). The idea of using a federated peg and consensus system was actually an appendix in the original sidechains whitepaper. […]
Drivechains Allow Sidechain Node Miners – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] This is an opinion editorial by Shinobi, a self-taught educator in the Bitcoin space and tech-oriented Bitcoin podcast host. This time I’m going to be breaking down and discussing how drivechains work; they were initially proposed in 2015. Out of all the proposals discussed so far, drivechains are the oldest and the most fleshed […]
Softchains Use Cases And Security Costs – Bitcoin Magazine
[ad_1] This is an opinion editorial by Shinobi, a self-taught educator in the Bitcoin space and tech-oriented Bitcoin podcast host. In this next piece looking at different sidechain implementation designs, we’re going to go through softchains. This is another one of Ruben Somsen‘s proposals for a sidechain mechanism. This differs heavily from spacechains, the design […]