John Light unveils Bitcoin SoftForks.org, a comprehensive database comparing Bitcoin software proposals. Created following Bitcoin Research Week at Chain Code Labs, this open-source tool allows users to filter and compare different proposals by their BIPs, use cases, components (primarily opcodes), and throughput improvements. Light demonstrates how the database facilitates consensus building by making it easy to understand what each proposal enables, their scaling benefits, and potential tradeoffs. The presentation concludes with a brief Q&A addressing throughput measurements, visualization possibilities, and future improvements.
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# Notes:
– Some proposals show 35x throughput improvements
– Drive chain’s self-custody properties discussed
– MeV quantification is a planned addition
– Sources cited for throughput multiple claims
– Visualization tools could leverage the dataset
– Project is open source with GitHub issues
