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Bitcoin Layer 2 Bitlayer Overtakes Merlin as Scaling Battle Heats Up

Aug 1, 2024

Bitcoin Layer 2 Bitlayer has claimed the top spot in the Bitcoin scaling networks rank, in terms of total value locked (TVL).

Bitlayer, a Layer 2 solution that taps into the BitVM paradigm which allows for Turing-completeness similar to Ethereum, now accounts for 31% of all of the sector’s TVL with $391 million, overtaking Merlin, the previous leader.

Assets held in the Bitlayer network have increased by more than tenfold in the past two months, while Merlin’s have dropped by 50% to $196 million, or 16% of the Bitcoin Layer 2 sector.

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[Source: TheDefiant]

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