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New Tree-Based Bitcoin Scaling Proposal Targets Millions of Users

Summary by Bitcoin.com
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 […]
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Lightning Labs presented LayerTree, a proposal for several users to share the same Bitcoin UTXO and to retain the possibility of leaving separately. According to the project documentation, individual withdrawals would occupy approximately 1,020 vB. The proposal depends on consensus changes that are not yet active and therefore cannot be executed in Bitcoin. *** LayerTree proposes to organize the participations of several users outside the chain …

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Bitcoin.com broke the news on Friday, October 16, 2026.
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