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The Quiet Death of the Bridge Committee

Ronin, Wormhole, Nomad, Multichain. Roughly $2B in bridge exploits, one shared structural cause. Here's why the answer isn't a better bridge, and what replaces the committee entirely.

Bitcoin Scaling Labs

29.6.2026

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What Lightning Got Right, and Where Bitcoin-IPC Picks Up

The Lightning Network scales Bitcoin by building on top of Bitcoin, not attempting to replace it. Bitcoin-IPC extends that same philosophy to full EVM subnets. Here's what carries over and what changes.

Bitcoin Scaling Labs

29.6.2026

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Why 300+ Bitcoin L2s Is a Failure, Not a Feature

Ecosystem dashboards treat the growth of Bitcoin Layer 2 chains as proof of vitality. Fragmentation without interoperability is worse than no L2s at all. Here's what a real Bitcoin L2 interoperability standard requires.

Bitcoin Scaling Labs

29.6.2026

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Can Bitcoin be a Medium of Exchange?

Bitcoin won the store-of-value (SoV) argument. The medium-of-exchange (MoE) question remains open. Here's why every scaling attempt so far has fallen short, and what changes we bring through a network of Bitcoin Layer 2 subnets.

Bitcoin Scaling Labs

29.6.2026

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