While other
sidechain proposals seem to be running into hurdles, Drivechain is shifting into gear.
While other
sidechain proposals seem to be running into hurdles, Drivechain is shifting into gear.
A sidechain proposal, Drivechain acts as a two - way peg, allowing participants to move their bitcoins to a sidechain while remaining a part of the bitcoin network.
Paul Sztorc, who's developed his own
sidechain proposal, known as Drivechain, will explore how these interoperable blockchains might help with bitcoin's scalability problem.
Not exact matches
Sidechains have been viewed as Bitcoin's way of dealing the altcoin market since 2014, when a
proposal for a two - way peg between two different blockchains was first proposed in a public setting.
Since the deployment of
sidechains interoperable with Bitcoin requires the implementation of suitable tweaks to Bitcoin Core, Blockstream is working to draft a Bitcoin Improvement
Proposal for a fully decentralized two - way peg and merge - mined
sidechains.
A new
proposal considers how bitcoin
sidechains might be secured using a system similar to those being discussed in experimental proof - of - stake...
A unique
proposal aimed at scaling bitcoin's transaction capacity via
sidechains has been revealed in a new white paper.
Among these
proposals is Bitcoin Core's Segregated Witness, or SegWit, whose main goal is to send signature data or witnesses off - chain and onto second layers like the Lightning Network or
sidechains to fit more transactions into the current 1 MB block size.
«A very positive trend in this regard is a clear scalability roadmap, and Bitcoin protocol improvement efforts that include the segregated witness
proposal, Lightning Network,
sidechains, and so on.
There have been various
proposals for
sidechains — and all have different security models.
The most important question to ask when evaluating a
sidechain's
proposal is «Who is the custodian of the bitcoin while I am transacting on the
sidechain?»
Among these
proposals is Segregated Witness, or SegWit2x, whose main goal is to send signature data or witnesses off - chain onto second layers like the Lightning Network or
sidechains to fit more transactions into the current 1 MB block size.
Further, Andrew Poelstra was co-author of the
sidechains white paper, the technical
proposal for which Blockstream would raise upwards of $ 20m toward the end of 2014.
This
proposal aims to fix some bugs in Bitcoin's implementation that are currently preventing second - layer
sidechains — e.g., the Lightning Network — from being safely deployed on the Bitcoin network.
In this way, the proof - of - mainstake
proposal aims to solve the issue of miner incentives by allowing traders to bet on a
sidechain with real bitcoin, an incentive scheme similar to what's being used in ethereum's still - in - development proof - of - stake protocol, Casper.
The innovation claimed is that the
proposal encourages miners to better maintain the
sidechains, without discouraging or hindering their ability to compete for bitcoin's lucrative rewards.
Their
proposal: Allow some data to be moved outside the main network, in effect creating multiple ledgers called
sidechains.
In a recent message to the Bitcoin development mailing list, Sztorc attempted to jump - start the conversation on a potential BIP (Bitcoin Improvement
Proposal) to enable two - way pegged
sidechains on the Bitcoin network.
The paper builds on work by Blockstream on the original
sidechains concept and a more - recent
proposal, drivechains, from Sztorc.