208Course · Practitioner

Bitcoin Scaling

The debate that has not ended.

The Course

On-chain versus off-chain: the debate that has not ended and probably will not. The course covers SegWit, Taproot, Schnorr, and the covenants debate on its own technical merits.

Outcomes
  • 01

    Distinguish on-chain from off-chain scaling.

  • 02

    Understand Segwit, Taproot, and beyond.

  • 03

    Judge scaling proposals by their tradeoffs.

Prerequisites
  • Lightning Network; UTXO Model.
Pacing

~3 hours.

A Note from the Faculty

Scaling debates are debates about what Bitcoin is for.