Bitcoin = consensus on integrity via re-execution. All nodes check and execute everything. STARKs / Starknet = consensus on integrity via math. Anyone can verify efficiently with a very small device (i.e. phone, Raspberry Pi). It's a completely new paradigm that breaks the asymmetry of power without the usual tension on decentralization and inclusivity when it comes to verifying succinctly that the system is operating correctly with integrity. The time will come when it will be possible to combine the hardness and robustness of Bitcoin with the power of ZK to unleash max computation and scaling via math. When this happens, it will unlock mass adoption and make Bitcoin truly usable for daily operations, for anyone to live on the Bitcoin Standard. This is the mission and ambition that gives me the grinta, the determination to pursue the fight and dedicate my time to it. In the meantime, it's good to see many different scaling approaches that are possible today with different tradeoffs and trust assumptions, without a soft fork: Ark, BitVM variants, Spark, Liquid (gg wp for Simplicity launch), Cashu, and of course the OG Bitcoin L2: Lightning Network, the actual only real Bitcoin L2. The Bitcoin renaissance is real, with so many innovations and developments happening at the same time, so many talented teams committed and delivering. It all comes back to Bitcoin. But it's no time to become complacent. The fight is still a hard one and far from being won already. There is a real risk of capture (ETFs, governments, Saylor and Bitcoin Treasury Companies), and some challenges to solve with different levels of urgency and priority (security budget, quantum, privacy, UX,...). But we have the tools and right people to make it, as long as the social layer remains vigilant and protects the core principles against capture, while we keep working on the required technological evolutions. We need these 3 at the same time IMO: - Social layer to protect fiercely the cypherpunk ethos against capture - Economic relevance and adoption on the ground. Make Bitcoin used by people, stop over-promoting the HODL culture and stop simping the number go up strategy. Bitcoin must be a p2p cash system and not only a store of value. - Technological relevance. Keep pushing and improving on the technical front, preparing for future threats, making it actually usable by everyone. TL;DR: Hyperbitcoinization will happen, don't bet against it anon.