posting this piece on rollups + sidechains enabling new developer environments for Bitcoin builders

& why rollups might be a better option than sidechains long-term

lmk if you have any thoughts! https://github.com/januszgrze/bitcoinrollups/blob/main/website/websitecopy/research/applications/execution-environments.md

cross-posting this! https://warpcast.com/janusz/0x711dcc9d

i've been thinking a lot about the rollup > sidechain argument if we end up having BitVM bridges.

I don't think it's great 😬 

e.g. if you have a merge-mined sidechain w/ BitVM bridge... do you really inherit less security than a rollup w/ BitVM bridge?