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This article explores Bitrock, a layer-2 sidechain compatible with Ethereum that uses a proof-of-authority (PoA) consensus mechanism

If you’ve been keeping up with developments in the crypto community over the past few months, you’ve probably already heard the words ‘layer-2’ and ‘sidechains’ being thrown around.  There’s a reason behind this: as demand for Ethereum has surged over…

The Liquid Network, the world’s “first production Bitcoin sidechain”, is now accessible from the mobile wallet Blocksream Green. The update is supported on both iOS and Android, and allows its users to take advantage of Liquid Bitcoin in a simple…

Blockstream has announced the launch of the Liquid Network, the world’s first production Bitcoin sidechain. The bitcoin startup revealed that the network went live on September 27, 2018. The announcement was made by Blockstream’s Chief Strategy Officer Samson Mow. Years…

Rootstock aims to enhance, or in a sense, “upgrade” Bitcoin by providing faster transaction times, better scalability, merge mining capabilities, as well as new features that will potentially unlock unprecedented use case scenarios for Bitcoin. Commonly referred to as RSK,…