Contents
There are many types of blockchain layers, and building infrastructure on top of Bitcoin comes with its own unique challenges. In our latest ebook, we break down the world of Bitcoin layers, so you have a framework for understanding and evaluating different Bitcoin layers and the design tradeoffs they make.
Over the course of this book, you’ll learn:
- Bitcoin layers framework: Different layers make different tradeoffs in security, functionality, and risk. How can you evaluate those different tradeoffs to understand what makes a good Bitcoin layer (or not)?
- Types of Bitcoin layers: What are the differences between state channels, rollups, and sidechains, and what is each category optimized for?
- How Bitcoin layers work: How does a transaction on a Bitcoin layer interact with Bitcoin? We’ll walk through the stages of an onchain transaction, from execution to settlement to consensus to data availability and talk about which stages occur on Bitcoin and which occur on Bitcoin layers.
- Innovations in Bitcoin layers: Discover some of the most exciting innovations in Bitcoin layers, including BitVM, restoring Opcodes for Bitcoin Covenants, and sBTC.
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