The Great Drivechain Debate with Paul Sztorc and Peter Todd (SLP533)
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Drivechain is a proposal from 2015 which has had a lot of community debate recently. Joining us today to debate this are Paul Sztorc (CEO of Layer Two Labs) and Peter Todd. We discuss a range of points:

• Drivechain and miner centralisation

• Whether you can delegate running a node

• Legal risks

• Fees and Blocksize limits

Links:

• Earlier episode with Shinobi: Will Drivechain Centralise Bitcoin? With Shinobi)

• X: @peterktodd )

• Peter Todd’s post: Drivechains: A Detailed Analysis)

• Peter’s Site:petertodd.org)

• X: @Truthcoin )

• Paul’s site: T)ruthcoin.info)

• Paul’s response to Peter’s post: https://www.drivechain.info/peer-review/peter-todd-2023.png)

Sponsors:

• Swan.com) (code LIVERA)

• CoinKite.com) (code LIVERA)

• Mempool.space)

Stephan Livera links:

• Follow me on X @stephanlivera)

• Subscribe to the podcast)

Timestamps:

• 00:00 - Intro

• 01:22 - Guests Introduction

• 02:12 - Paul's Opening Statement

• 11:08 - Peter's Opening Statement

• 19:42 - Paul's Rebuttal

• 24:56 - Peter's Rebuttal

• 30:47 - Guests Challenge each Other

• 01:30:59 - Closing thoughts