Bitcoin is Scaling

The days of complaining that your app or idea won’t work on Bitcoin because of its scaling issues are over. Bitcoin has reached a point where it has grown larger than any individual, institution, group of developers, or OG. Bitcoin has grown so large that it's becoming tribal. Bitcoin may differ from person to person depending on their perspective and ideals. Even though multiple camps continue the fight for what they believe, there remains one underlying symbol that binds them all. Bitcoin. Bitcoin as a symbol is now part of the mainstream consciousness. Forever burned into our minds. The idea of borderless, open source, decentralized, censorship free medium of exchange is not going anywhere. We are now over 11 years into the Bitcoin experiment and millions of people find different ways to use it everyday. To state otherwise is simply denial.

Bitcoin has evolved in a way that very few foresaw. Instead of ossifying, it has branched out and forked. While general consensus remains that the original Bitcoin chain (BTC) is the winner, several competitors have emerged to provide solutions to those who aren’t convinced that BTC’s design is the only way. There are now multiple approaches to scaling Bitcoin. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) & Bitcoin Satoshi's Vision (BSV) both provide additional solutions to those who wish to use on-chain transactions as the engine to their applications. In addition to this, BTC is also providing 2nd layer off-chain solutions like Lightning, elements, and liquid. Although still early, Lighting is near production ready by many measures and can provide several solutions to micropayments and application solutions. The takeaway is that Bitcoin is providing many different solutions for developers just like you. Bitcoin is growing up. The infrastructure and evolution of Bitcoin gives developers tools and resources that make it easy to create applications at a low level. This competition is about setting aside the tribalism for 24hrs and using the tools that make the most sense to you to advance Bitcoin forward.

Below you will find the detailed rules as well as different tools & repos that will help you build your app and execute your idea. In the end, regardless of which Bitcoin chain or tools you use, your app will have to do the talking.

We’re excited to see the things you’ll build when Bitcoin provides endless possibilities.