Sidechains and Drivechains

12 min readinteractive

Explore Bitcoin's sidechain ecosystem and how it extends Bitcoin's capabilities.

Liquid Network:

  • •Federated Sidechain: Managed by federation
  • •Confidential Transactions: Hidden amounts
  • •Asset Issuance: Create tokens
  • •Fast Blocks: 1-minute blocks
  • •Use Cases: Trading, securities

RSK (Rootstock):

  • •EVM-compatible smart contracts
  • •Merge-mined with Bitcoin
  • •DeFi on Bitcoin