In this episode, Paul Sztorc discusses his vision for drive chains, a concept he believes could advance Bitcoin by allowing for permissionless innovation and competition among developers, leading to a diverse array of L2 applications that work in tandem with Bitcoin's L1.

Drivechain is a proposal from 2015 which has had a lot of community debate recently. Joining us today to debate this are Paul Sztorc (CEO of Layer Two Labs) and Peter Todd. We discuss a range of points: Drivechain and miner centralisation Whether you can delegate running a node Legal risks Fees and Blocksize limits Lin

Bitcoin developer Antoine Riard has identified and reported what he believes might be a major security risk in the Bitcoin Lightning Network. In a report recently published, Riard shared that the loophole could potentially endanger funds moving through the Lightning Network. This speaks to a much broader issue in the B

“I don’t think we’ll ever agree on what you might call meta consensus, like what the blockchain should contain. I think people will probably continue to disagree about that, forever. And I think that sidechain is a sort of an escape valve.” — Paul Sztorc Paul Sztorc is an independent Bitcoin researcher. In this intervi

Host Tom Shaughnessy talks to Dan Held, Director of Business Development for Kraken Digital, and Paul Sztorc, an independent Bitcoiner. They debate the Bitcoin security model, with Paul feeling skeptical that fee rates will climb and Dan believing that fees are already growing and could subsidize Bitcoin security solut

Join Marty as he sits down with Paul Sztorc, the man behind Drivechains and Bitcoin Hivemind, to discuss: - Proof of Work v. Proof of Stake - Bitcoin's fee market - How it may develop in the future - Is Bitcoin our only shot?  - Drivechains - Why people don't like Drivechains - Why their concerns are valid + invalid -