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Alpha Leak | The Bull Case for zkBTC

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Is a ZK Roll Up on Bitcoin Just a Better Lightning Network?

John Defterios: When I hear a roll up on Bitcoin, two things come to mind. One is a better lightning network. My opinion on the net lightning network is that the UX is too difficult for it to be really adopted as a mainstream technology. And so, if with a ZK rollup on Bitcoin, we might be able to have the scalability of that we need in order to scale Bitcoin payments to the world. The other rabbit hole I want to go down is expressivity. It's like, okay, what other potential is unlocked by aZK roll up? Does it make Bitcoin more expressive than the layer one? He says he has used Phoenix wallet and Bree

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