In this episode, Alessandro Chac\xf3n, Backend Engineer at Crypto Broker AG, dives into one of bitcoin's second layer solutions called "liquid", which is developed by the blockchain technology company Blockstream.\n\nLiquid is a sidechain-based settlement network for traders and exchanges, enabling faster, more confidential bitcoin transactions, and the issuance of digital assets. Today, there are already many well-known exchanges involved as "members" of the network. \n\nLearn more about Liquid here: https://blockstream.com/liquid/\n\nThe episode was recorded in June 2019, so some of the quoted numbers were current at that time.