Sergio Lerner: How RSK Will Bring Smart Contracts to Bitcoin

Security researcher and RSK co-founder Sergio Lerner joined us to discuss RSK (also Rootstock), the project to launch a turing-complete smart contract sidechain to Bitcoin. We talked about how he got into the industry, spending countless days analyzing Bitcoin for vulnerabilities and finding a few along the way. And, of course, RSK, the ambitious project to strenghten the Bitcoin ecosystem through adding smart contract capabilities.

Topics covered in this episode:

• How Sergio initially got involved in the Bitcoin space
• His early work on turing-complete cryptocurrencies going back to 2012
• Why financial inclusion is the most important problem to solve
• Merged mining and RSK’s security model
• How RSK compares to Ethereum
• RSK’s business model

Episode links:

• Rootstock (RSK) website
• Drivechain BIP Proposal

This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/138