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How do I make a Sidechain

To create a side chain, you need a smart contract language both on the Cardano side and also on the side chain side. You also need off-chain code (e.g. a website) for people to interact with those ...
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Speed of Hydra on the main chain vs a Cardano sidechain

Let me try to answer your questions, although it's very dependent on the actual use case on what structure for off-chain processing of these "tens of thousands transactions per second" would ...
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Details on Mamba?

Was just recently mentioned in one of the videos, made by Charles: https://youtu.be/H9wAyW_EcDA?t=484
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1.) Do all sidechains require their own token, consensus, node operators, etc?

Sidechains do require their own tokens, consensus protocols, and operators, but there's no reason why all three of those have to be different than the tokens, protocols, and operators of the main ...
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What's the difference between sidechains and hardforks?

A sidechain is simply an alternate/secondary chain that shares a two-way link/peg with another chain that is the primary chain (frankly primary/secondary are philosophical roles that are ...
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What's the difference between sidechains and hardforks?

Sidechains and hardforks are definitely not the same thing. As outlined in the original Why Cardano essay, the whole point of Layer 1 Cardano is to serve as a settlement layer for domain-specific ...
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Benefits and use cases of Sidechains

To first part: sidechains can be useful for scalability (de-congesting a primary chain, with cheaper and fast transactions). Other uses include experimental use or specialisation for particular ...
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How to create a Cardano private network

Alternatively/additionally, check out the Making a Shelley Blockchain from Scratch repo.
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How to create a Cardano private network

The easiest way to create a cardano private network (IMHO) is to clone the cardano-node git hub, start up nix shell, and from there you can start a local cluster. Works well for me I have a used it ...
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In depth resources about the Cardano sidechain research and vision

I would take a look at Hydra.

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