{"id":85986,"date":"2023-10-19T20:11:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T17:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=85986"},"modified":"2025-09-13T02:38:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T23:38:33","slug":"jameson-lopp-urges-developers-to-experiment-more-with-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/jameson-lopp-urges-developers-to-experiment-more-with-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Jameson Lopp urges developers to experiment more with Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Co-founder and CTO of Casa, Jameson Lopp, laid out arguments in favour of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/sidechains-what-they-are-and-how-they-work\">sidechains<\/a> and urged more active experimentation with the first cryptocurrency to expand and improve its ecosystem. The report comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/258385\/jameson-lopp-calls-for-more-bitcoin-experimentation-and-sidechains\">The Block<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\n<cite>\u00abI believe that <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">second-layer solutions<\/a>, as [Stacks co-founder Muneeb Ali] put it, are among the most important things that can arise in this ecosystem. Because that is how we truly bring permissionless innovations to life,\u00bb the developer said during his talk at Bitcoin Unleashed in London.<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He noted the rationale for building new solutions on protocols related to but distinct from Bitcoin, so as not to continually modify the code of the first cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>Lopp mentioned existing sidechain projects such as <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-the-liquid-network\">Liquid Network<\/a> from Blockstream and Rootstock. According to him, mass adoption of these protocols has stalled because they are based on the so-called federation. The latter serves as an intermediary between the main chain and one of its sidechains.<\/p>\n<p>The developer also noted recently emerged solutions \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitfinex-cto-proposes-solutions-to-expand-bitcoins-capabilities\">drivechains<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/expert-weighs-in-on-ethereum-compatible-bitcoin-network-concept\">Spiderchain<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/developer-finds-a-way-to-expand-bitcoin-smart-contract-capabilities\">BitVM<\/a>. They, in particular, allow the mempool to be &#8216;unloaded&#8217; and expand Bitcoin&#8217;s smart-contract capabilities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\n<cite>\u00abI want experiments to continue. And I think the only way forward is to keep building, endure failures, learn from mistakes and grow,\u00bb Lopp said.<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier, the Botanix Labs head Willem Shroe <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/expert-explains-the-need-to-integrate-bitcoin-with-the-evm\">stated<\/a> the case for integrating the Bitcoin blockchain with the Ethereum Virtual Machine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Co-founder and CTO of Casa, Jameson Lopp, made the case for sidechains and called for more active experimentation with the first cryptocurrency to expand and improve its ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1179,488],"class_list":["post-85986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-layer-2-solutions","tag-sidechains"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"18","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85988,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85986\/revisions\/85988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}