For Bitcoin to be the optimal base layer of a monetary system then it should be developer friendly for protocol devs to anchor second layers into the base layer. I wrote about Bitcoin's potential as a trust anchor 9 years ago:
https://blog.lopp.net/bitcoin-the-trust-anchor-in-a-sea-of-blockchains/
Jameson Lopp
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2025-04-29 22:50:55
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