How is Bitcoin’s ‘Liquid sidechain’ different from the Lightning network?

The Blockchain startup Blockstream recently announced another innovative solution to address the all-important issue of scalability for the Bitcoin blockchain network. But before we get to that, a quick recap of the company itself – Blockstream was founded in 2014, made headlines in the Crypto arena after announcing sidechain Liquid network, was able to secure a funding of $21 million in the seed round followed by $55 million in Series A funding for its flagship product. It was eventually launched by Samson Mow and Joseph Weinberg in 2017. Finally, it released its long-awaited Liquid network which went live on Sep. 27…...