Closing Thoughts on Sidechains and Drivechains

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

Links:

• Earlier episode with Shinobi: Will Drivechain Centralise Bitcoin? With Shinobi
• X: @peterktodd 
• Peter Todd’s post: Drivechains: A Detailed Analysis
• Peter’s Site:petertodd.org
• X: @Truthcoin 
• Paul’s site: Truthcoin.info
• Paul’s response to Peter’s post: https://www.drivechain.info/peer-review/peter-todd-2023.png 

Sponsors:

• Swan.com (code LIVERA)
• CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
• Mempool.space

Stephan Livera links:

• Follow me on X @stephanlivera
• Subscribe to the podcast

Timestamps:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 01:22 - Guests Introduction
• 02:12 - Paul's Opening Statement
• 11:08 - Peter's Opening Statement
• 19:42 - Paul's Rebuttal
• 24:56 - Peter's Rebuttal
• 30:47 - Guests Challenge each Other
• 01:30:59 - Closing thoughts