Drivechain is a proposed soft fork that has faced a lot of criticism in the community, and Shinobi (Technical Editor of Bitcoin Magazine) joins me to discuss his critiques of the idea. We discuss:
- What is Drivechain
- How it works
- Miner centralisation
- Re orgs on sidechains
- T-shirt sales argument
- Stratum v2
- “Miners can steal”
- Other soft fork ideas (e.g. APO, CTV)
- Multi Party Channels
- “First Develop with what we’ve got”
Links
- brian_trollz on X
- Drivechains Introduce New Incentive Dynamics to Bitcoin
- Achim Warner - Thoughts on Drivechain I
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