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Is there a pro vs con chart comparing Bitcoin's Rootstock vs Ethereum Smart Contract system?
Rootstock's smart contract features are identical to Ethereum's, both use the EVM. Contracts on Ethereum are deployable on Rootstock, and vice versa.
They start to differ when you look at the ...
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What constitutes a project to be a Bitcoin Sidechain?
A sidechain requires one or more blockchains, aside from the parent chain. This is different from off-chain, which is what would be the case in some types of Coinbase transactions. Since you didn't ...
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Does rootstock use bitcoins or do they use their own rootstock coin?
Rootstock uses smart bitcoins (SBTC). On a technical level this is a separate token from bitcoin (BTC). They live on a separate blockchain. On the other hand, every smart bitcoin represents one ...
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How do you merge mine rootstock with bitcoin on an Antminer?
The easiest way is to join a pool that merge mines what you want, in this case Rootstock.
If you want to run your own pool, make sure the pool software supports the type of merged mining you want to ...
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What is the status of smart contracts in bitcoin?
Are contracts described here already available for use?
Yes.
Some of them are admittedly kind of arbitrary. For example, you can trustlessly sell someone a solution to a Sudoku. What does that mean? ...
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Bitcoin transactions associated with layer 2 projects
I'm not aware of any sites that track all the information you're looking for already, and I know next to nothing about RSK.
Lightning
Transaction data in the Lightning Network is private by design, so ...
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Bitcoin transactions associated with layer 2 projects
1ml.com has some statistics on the Lightning Network. That includes one statistic on new channels which each require an onchain transaction. It also has a page on closed channels which also require an ...
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rootstock current state
I've contacted the Rootstock they provided me the following link https://github.com/RSKsmart/rskj/wiki
which provide a wiki for :
Install RskJ and join the RSK Ginger Testnet
Compile and run a RSK ...
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Can someone show me an example rootstock smart contract that is the equivalent of an Ethereum Smart Contract?
While you are a solidity developer you can write any contract using solidity and compile it and publish it directly to the RSK Smart network using the RSK Console or alternatively using RPC calls like ...
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