It's clear that there's a trend: projects like @Lighter_xyz and @grvt_io are desperately flexing their muscles in the layer2 Perp space, seemingly trying to catch up with @HyperliquidX. However, this feels a bit like "getting up early but arriving late"—the prosperity of Perp DEX should rightfully belong to layer2, so how did it get hijacked by other Alt-L1s like $ASTER? 1) The key issue isn't complicated. The four kings of layer2, such as Arbitrum and Optimism, are all focused on creating general-purpose Rollups, which limits their TPS and block time. Factors like transaction finality, state synchronization, and the overhead of complex calculations will become burdens, making it impossible to compete with products like Hyperliquid that offer sub-second experiences comparable to CEX. Thus, blindly pursuing general-purpose solutions is the original sin. Lighter is quite clever, no longer getting tangled up in so-called generalization, and has optimized for specialized trading from...
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