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I don’t like anything that changes the role of mining to anything other than providing Proof of Work. Their role is very simple now, provide valid Proof of Work, get paid. Adding anything else to their job description distorts incentives and its unknown what the outcomes are on Bitcoin but its disastrous on Ethereum
" Drivechain allows Bitcoin to create, delete, send BTC to, and receive BTC from “Layer-2”s called “sidechains”. Sidechains are Altcoins that lack a native “coin” – instead, pre-existing coins [from a different blockchain] must first be sent over. Once on a sidechain, coins can change hands an unlimited number of times, and in an unlimited number of new ways. Thus, BTC-owners can opt-in to new features or tradeoffs. Meanwhile, the Bitcoiners who don’t opt-in, never need to care what any sidechain is doing. Transfers from sidechain back to the mainchain (ie, from Layer 2 back to Layer 1) are not done via verifiable proof, but instead via conjecture-and-refutation. A “bundle” of transfers is asserted, and then slowly “ACKed” over time. After 3 months of ACKing, the bundle succeeds. Thus, the SC:BTC market price cannot deviate significantly from a 1:1 ratio"
Seems like the entire idea is being stonewalled out of indifference. Just because we can do something doesn’t mean we should do it sort of thing.
They also become the validators for anything that happens on the sidechains. Bitcoiners have an ethos of running nodes themselves to validate. That same ethos won’t exist on the sidechains and people will just trust the miners to do it. If you haven’t noticed, in Ethereum they even renamed the miners to validators.
Why does bitcoin needs it? It's like a new sidechain without a native token, but how does that helps bitcoin to me global money? It seem it's only a desire to have a playground for devs, for "blockchain projects" or to counter altcoins, so we bring altcoins to us and solve the "security budget" problem. None of these reasons are good or necessary to bitcoin, they are bad.
Was about to say something similar & less diplomatically worded. I think, people are already generally sick & tired of some people telling everyone, that the entire world will end soon, if we don't do this one thing (whatever the thing is), which a minority requests everyone to do.
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Cody 2 years ago
I would really like to see a proper debate on DriveChains it feels like all the detractors are acting like Peter Hotez to RFK on Vaccines. If its so obviously bad then debate and easily prove it!
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Cody 2 years ago
It probably needs to be a panel debate of sorts, I don't think 1v1 is good enough for such a deep topic. Paul+fiatjaf+supertestnet Vs NVK+sjors(not sure of his position on bip300)+Peter Todd
All it would do is make bitcoin a shitcoin platform. All the regulatory and congressional heat on "crypto" would shift to bitcoin. And for what purpose? So a bunch of cynical grifters can create thousands of unproductive assets they can dump on retail dipshits? So we can have 2014-2022 again, but "on bitcoin"?
The proposed implementation is not zero trust that the miners won't steal. Drivechains proponents argue that is fine and they won't because they already don't steal. They don't get that they would if mining now wasn't a zero trust system. Monero has the only missing value I'm ever looking for. If I need that I'll atomic swap and spend. I will never use a DC unless I see far better arguments than I've seen so far.
Somehow I have a feeling that Henry created this pic. Or at least propagated this.
We already have a side-chain with a monetary unit that is pegged to btc. It’s called liquid. Not sure why other side chains can’t just use this architecture if needed.
Yeah. All other layers and solutions will always be work in progress and subject to be better engineered through endless iterations, letting people make their own choices on what to compromise
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nobody 2 years ago
Walletchain > drivechain image
Don't know anything about drivechain, however the price suppression/manipulation of bitcoin is the biggest "bug" over the last few years "The world" doesn't want bitcoin so I guess we have plenty of time to debate drive chains, etc :)
side chains does not solve the hard cap on UTXOs, it's no better scale then just litecoin for payments or some bullshit like that only covenants can expand the amount of optional UTXOs individuals can hold