SideChain
Coins in the SideChain category. 3 coins listed. Updated weekly.
SideChain 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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Gnosis began with prediction markets, built the missing wallets and trading rails, joined GNO to xDai, and then proposed retiring the validator model it had spent years assembling. GNO currently stakes and signals; a 2026 EEZ proposal could change the first role.
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.