Read Hiro’s Crash Course on Bitcoin Layers

Bitcoin layers are an exciting category, but let’s face it, they are hard to understand.

In the last year, there have been so many different types of approaches, it can feel like you’re comparing apples to oranges, state channels to validiums, optimiums to sidechains, whosiwhatsits to plasmamorphing-shardy-pardy-thingabobs.

So we wrote a guide. It’s your crash course to Bitcoin layers, breaking down key concepts in 7 simple chapters including:

• Bitcoin layers 101: Discover the value proposition of Bitcoin layers and how they can enhance the Bitcoin ecosystem
• Layer failure, risk & trust: There’s no free lunch. Understand the risks and tradeoffs that come with using Bitcoin layers.
• Types of layers: What are the differences between state channels, rollups, and sidechains?
• New innovations: Explore the frontier of Bitcoin layers and read about the latest innovations.

In this free book, you’ll learn the basics of Bitcoin layers and how new projects are fulfilling Bitcoin’s potential by bringing scalability and app programmability to the Bitcoin ecosystem. Ready to uncover Bitcoin’s future layer by layer?

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