Bitcoin layer-2s are entering a more serious phase. The recent @CoinDesk piece on Botanix's shutdown raises an important question for the sector: does the market want programmable BTC for its own sake, or products that solve clear financial problems using Bitcoin? For us at @RootstockLabs, the answer is increasingly clear. Users do not adopt infrastructure because it is elegant. They adopt it because it gives them access to real utility. As @dieguito said it: "Building an ecosystem is more like settling a new city than it is like launching a new application." Programmability on $BTC isn't the destination. It's the starting point. Rootstock has run EVM-compatible smart contracts secured by Bitcoin since 2018. What matters is where you point that capability: at financial problems Bitcoin's security and settlement are uniquely suited to solve. That's where we keep building. BTC-backed lending. Transparent, protocol-based products. Institutional-grade Bitcoin finance, where users can verify what's happening on-chain.