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Hazey | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 What are other layer 2's besides lightning and why aren't they catching on?
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bumi | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I don't have enough knowledge, but they are still early and adoption by the ecosystem (and finding good use cases) is essential.
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mike | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 There’s @Blockstream liquid, which is really a side chain. 

It’s privacy focused and has Tether built into its 1 minute blocks.
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mleku | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Ark https://ark-protocol.org/

it's not really competition for lightning but could probably take over the bulk clearinghouse elements of lightning and enable further savings on block space usage... it's more like SWIFT versus Visa ark as to lightning
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saunter | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Most promising now is Ark, it should launch maybe by the end of this year