I think it depends how far it goes.
At the extreme a perfectly trustless sidechain or rollup of some flavor will be the best way to transact with bitcoin. Actual scalability and privacy.
What they're aiming at right now is, I agree, just a high tech implementation of a bridge with maybe better security properties than those that already exist.
waxwing
npub1va…knuu7
2026-01-18 23:37:30 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…tuuh
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