Bitcoin Sidechains
Coins in the Bitcoin Sidechains category. 2 coins listed. Updated weekly.
Bitcoin Sidechains is a category of cryptocurrencies sharing common characteristics or use cases. Explore the listed coins and compare what they do and how they are categorized.
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Stacks is a separate smart-contract chain anchored to Bitcoin through Proof of Transfer. STX pays gas, miner rewards and Stacking participation; it is neither BTC nor a redemption claim on the signer-controlled BTC behind sBTC.
Starknet is a general-purpose Ethereum validity rollup whose Cairo execution is proven with STARKs and settled through Ethereum contracts. It is separate from StarkEx, StarkWare’s application-specific scaling service. STRK now pays all Starknet transaction fees, supports delegation and phase-2 validator attestation, and carries protocol voting power; it is not equity or a claim on StarkWare or the Foundation. The network has distributed sequencing components and a live S-two prover, but block production, proving and upgrade control have not yet reached the permissionless end state described in its roadmap.