Bitcoin once again faced its own paradox: the higher its value as a 'trust base', the stronger the desire to use it not only as digital gold but also as a payment layer, a base for DeFi, and on-chain products. And here the obvious becomes apparent: L1 is inherently slow, limited in throughput, and becomes expensive during periods of overheating. Windows of 'cheap' mempool do exist, but you can't build a stable UX on luck. In 2025, discussions about this intensified due to the debate over the network's 'fee future'. When fees drop — users are happy, miners not so much, and this raises questions about the long-term sustainability of the security model post-halving. Cointelegraph, citing Galaxy Digital, noted that daily Bitcoin fees fell by more than 80% compared to April 2024, and some blocks turned out to be 'almost free'. Against this backdrop, interest in Bitcoin Layer 2 and the accompanying infrastructure ceases to be a trend and becomes a pragmatic market demand: if trust and liquidity are concentrated in Bitcoin, then where will the 'fast' financial layer operate? This explains why projects like Bitcoin Hyper are gathering demand even before release — investors are buying not just the token but a bet on an architectural shift: computing off L1 with final security through L1 anchoring. Why is the market willing to pay for L2 - UX: users and developers have become accustomed to almost instant confirmations and low fees in other ecosystems. - Fee economics: a 'empty mempool' is good until you start thinking about what will sustain the fee market in the long term. This stimulates the transfer of fee-generating activity to 'layers' around Bitcoin. The competitive landscape unfolds in two directions. Some teams are pursuing BitVM/zk solutions and 'minimally trusted' bridges to reduce risk when moving to BTC (for example: Citrea in 2025 — major upgrades to the testnet and BitVM bridge architecture with reduced system fees). Others focus on Bitcoin-specific smart contracts and execution acceleration over BTC settlement (historically, this path was chosen by, for example, Stacks). How Bitcoin Hyper differs Bitcoin Hyper bets on a clear and bold idea: to bring the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) to Bitcoin L2, providing smart contract execution with extremely low latency — the project promises performance 'faster than Solana'. For DeFi, gaming, and high-frequency scenarios, latency is not a cosmetic issue but an economic necessity: arbitrages, liquidations, MEV, payment UX — everything benefits from a fast 'kitchen' of execution. The project's architecture relies on a modular model: Bitcoin L1 is the base level of security, while actual calculations move to L2. In its current implementation, a single trusted sequencer is declared with periodic state anchoring in L1. This provides significant speed but also an obvious compromise — the risk of centralizing the sequencer, potential points of failure, and the possibility of censorship. Yet the market is often willing to sacrifice part of the ideal for a quick production launch and achieving product-market fit. What demand and numbers say Bitcoin Hyper's presale has already raised $29.5 million at a token price of $0.013435. Analysis of large addresses shows two notable purchases of about $396,000; the largest transaction was around $53,000 (November 19, 2025). This is not a guarantee of growth, but a clear signal: capital wants exposure to the narrative 'Bitcoin L2 + fast smart contracts'. For many, this seems more logical than another L1. What to watch for next The success of such projects will be determined by real, measurable things: - the quality of bridges for BTC flows; - realistically achievable latency and execution costs; - the ability to attract builders (Rust-oriented SDK is a clear plus here). And finally, it is important to understand what exactly the market is buying today — technology, brand, or liquidity. The answer to this question will lead to growth or a reevaluation of expectations in the next cycle.

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