Drivechains For Miners? Exploring Layer 2’s | Layer 2 Labs | The Mining Pod
On today’s show, we are joined by Paul Sztorc and Austin Alexander of Layer 2 Labs, a new Bitcoin company that raised $3 million to bring sidechains to the Bitcoin network.
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Paul Sztorci: https://twitter.com/Truthcoin
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Start
01:10 Intro
01:44 Who is Paul?
02:50 Who is Austin?
04:33 ETH & Zcash on drivechains
07:10 What is merge mining?
10:08 The history of sidechains
20:49 Liquid vs sidechains
26:18 Cultural pushback against drivechains
32:53 Other scaling ideas
36:45 The BIP process
42:16 Wrap up
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