About

Merge Mined is a resource hub for people building on and learning about drivechains — a proposal (BIP-300/301) for adding sidechains to Bitcoin secured by miners via merged mining.

The site collects articles, embedded videos, and curated references in one place. The goal is to make drivechain concepts approachable to engineers and curious Bitcoiners alike, and to surface the best primary sources for anyone going deeper.

Topics covered

• BIP-300 (Hashrate Escrows) and BIP-301 (Blind Merged Mining)
• Withdrawal mechanics and the M1–M8 message types
• Existing sidechain proposals (zSide, Thunder, Bitnames, etc.)
• Trade-offs vs other Bitcoin layer-2 approaches
• Reference implementations and how to run them

Contributing

Articles, video suggestions, and resource pointers are welcome. This site is still growing — check back regularly.