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Sidechains

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Sidechains move specific execution or policy experiments off the main chain while maintaining some Bitcoin anchoring. The security model depends heavily on peg design and federation or miner assumptions.

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Curated resources (3)

• Bitcoin Optech Topic: Sidechains (article) Tradeoff overview across federated and miner-assisted designs.
• BTC Transcripts Tag: Sidechains (article) Primary-source discussions on peg safety and deployment paths.
• BIP 300 Draft (article) Drivechain-style sidechain proposal specification.

Direct prerequisites (2)

• Nodes vs Miners
• Soft Forks vs Hard Forks

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