Will Drivechain Centralise Bitcoin? with Shinobi (SLP512)

<p>Drivechain is a proposed soft fork that has faced a lot of criticism in the community, and Shinobi (Technical Editor of Bitcoin Magazine) joins me to discuss his critiques of the idea. We discuss:</p> <ul> <li>What is Drivechain</li> <li>How it works</li> <li>Miner centralisation</li> <li>Re orgs on sidechains</li> <li>T-shirt sales argument</li> <li>Stratum v2</li> <li>“Miners can steal”</li> <li>Other soft fork ideas (e.g. APO, CTV)</li> <li>Multi Party Channels</li> <li>“First Develop with what we’ve got”</li> </ul> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/brian_trollz" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">brian_trollz on X</a></li> <li><a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/drivechains-introduce-new-incentive-dynamics-to-bitcoin" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">Drivechains Introduce New Incentive Dynamics to Bitcoin</a> </li> <li><a href="https://achimwarner.medium.com/thoughts-on-drivechain-i-miners-can-do-things-about-which-we-will-argue-whether-it-is-actually-a5c3c022dbd2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">Achim Warner - Thoughts on Drivechain I</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.pacificbitcoin.com/discount/LIVERA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">Pacific Bitcoin Festival</a><a href="https://www.pacificbitcoin.com/discount/LIVERA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener"> </a><a href="https://www.pacificbitcoin.com/discount/LIVERA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">(code</a><a href="https://www.pacificbitcoin.com/discount/LIVERA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener"> LIVERA</a>)</li> <li><a href="http://coinkite.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">CoinKite.com</a> (code LIVERA)</li> <li><a href="https://mempool.space/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">Mempool.space</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>SL links:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Follow me on Twitter<a href