Layer 2s without unilateral exit are banks.
Liquid is a bank.
Fedimint is a bank.
Ark is a sophisticated bank too.
We used to make fun of Ethereum L2s for being glorified multisigs. Well, the Bitcoin L2s are even less cypherpunk.
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