What is the Liquid sidechain? Does it compete with XRP / Ripple? Do sidechains inherit security properties of the blockchain they are connected to? Have sidechains been overshadowed by Ethereum in terms of smart contracts?

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0:00 What is the Liquid sidechain?
4:21 Does the Bitcoin Liquid sidechain compete with XRP / Ripple in terms of use case?
5:53 Do sidechains inherit any of the security properties of the main blockchain they are connected to, or are they completely independent? If not, how can we trust them?
7:59 Why have sidechains been overshadowed by other crypto projects like Ethereum for smart contracts and security tokens?

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