Forum Analysis Compares Bitcoin L2s
A new forum post on Blockeden analyzes the current state of Bitcoin Layer 2s, comparing Lightning, Stacks, BitVM-based designs, and ZK rollups in terms of scalability and trust assumptions.
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Bitcoin Layer 2s Are Exploding - But Can Any of Them Scale?
Bitcoin Layer 2s are having a moment. Citrea just launched the first production ZK rollup on Bitcoin. BitVM is enabling fraud proofs without consensus changes. Stacks is maturing into real DeFi infrastructure. Lightning hit an all-time high capacity of 5,637 BTC.
But here’s the uncomfortable truth: total Bitcoin L2 TVL has dropped 74% from its peak. Only 0.46% of all Bitcoin sits in Layer 2s. Node counts are declining even as institutional capital flows in.