Benjamin you may want to read this reddit thread on liquid:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3ok69l/blockstream_to_launch_first_sidechain_for_bitcoin/
and if you feel your questions are not answered, post them there?
(This list is about bitcoin development so it's not really on topic fo
>Again – what does Bitcoin have to do with “market liquidity” and “capital
requirements”?
You seem to be conflating bitcoin with blockstream/liquid. Your question
does not make sense.
>Does Blockstream have commercial products now?
Yes. I am sure that was always their plan in order to stay a via
It is interesting someone trying the sidechain approach.
I guess having trusted third parties to manage the chain was not a short
term thing? It looks like there is no POW for the Liquid sidechain.
This is an area where the bitcoin could benefit by adding a way to transfer
money to/from sidechai
p.s. the links
[1] https://blockstream.com/2015/10/12/introducing-liquid/
[2] www.coindesk.com/blockstream-commercial-sidechain-bitcoin-exchanges/
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 4:25 PM, Benjamin
wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I was very surprised to learn that Blockstream will implement Sidechains
> for exc
Hello all,
I was very surprised to learn that Blockstream will implement Sidechains
for exchanges [1], [2] and has been working on this privately. Can somebody
explain this “announcement”? Just a few comments on this “proposal”.
“This new construction establishes a security profile inherently sup
