New Tree-Based Bitcoin Scaling Proposal Targets Millions of Users
Bitcoin developer Olaoluwa Osuntokun has unveiled Layertree, a proposal that could squeeze millions of bitcoin owners into a single blockchain output without surrendering control of their money. The catch? Bitcoin’s existing rules don’t yet allow the technology to work. One Bitcoin Output, Millions of Individual Owners On Oct. 15, 2026, Lightning Labs developer Olaoluwa Osuntokun […]
Lightning Labs developer Olaoluwa Osuntokun has proposed Layertree, a tree-based Bitcoin scaling design that could let millions of users share a single blockchain output while retaining control of their funds. The proposal is not yet implementable because Bitcoin's current consensus rules do not support the required technology. For traders, this is an early-stage scaling idea rather than a near-term network change, so it carries little immediate price impact.
