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📰 With bitcoin 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙩 smashing all-time highs every month, and its parent the 𝔹𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕠𝕚𝕟 𝕟𝕖𝕥𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜 regarded by experts as the undisputed leader in 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙣 security, it’s fair to ask: does Bitcoin need any help? 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕖𝕣: If the Bitcoin network is the pinnacle, why do we need Bitcoin L2s? https://www.theblock.co/post/370357/why-do-we-need-bitcoin-l2s 𝕃𝕒𝕪𝕖𝕣 2 ℕ𝕖𝕥𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕤: 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕟𝕤𝕨𝕖𝕣 to 𝔻𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕣 ℝ𝕖𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤. The biggest appeal of the 𝘽𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙩 is its security. But that security assumption depends largely on the 𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 that Bitcoin miners get. 💰 🔥 With Bitcoin halving events making mining rewards increasingly scarce, those incentives are at risk, with miners now only able to earn a sliver of transaction revenue.