Just-launched sidechains startup Horizen Labs has raised $4 million in a seed funding round – twice what it had initially planned.
RSK Labs is operating under a new banner, with an emphasis on creating a range of open-source protocols for blockchain infrastructure.
Three years in the making, bitcoin's first sidechain "Liquid" is now live, but it's not as decentralized as you might think.
By the end of the year, an initial coin offering will be launched on bitcoin. thanks to sidechains tech.
A long-in-the-works proposal heralded as the best way to bring sidechains to bitcoin has released its first code after three years in development.
Little-known startup Loom Network claims it's ready to take on ethereum's thorny scaling problems with a centralized version of sidechains.
Though it's garnered little attention, "non-interactive proofs of proofs of work" may clear a roadblock for sidechains, a potential "altcoin killer."
RSK, a much-anticipated project designed to boost bitcoin's functionality, took a step toward becoming real Tuesday with a beta launch.
One of the developers behind the Drivechain project for bringing sidechains to bitcoin is seeking feedback on the project's code.
RSK's effort to bring ethereum-like smart contracts to the bitcoin blockchain could go live in 2017, its lead developer has told CoinDesk.
