Yes sidechains are fake, scams.
If it's not lightning abd calling itself an L2 it's a fake L2
Bitcoin scaling is not solvable, the supply is fixed and supply is sacred, nor divisible.

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Fake L2 scams like Ark, Spark, Citrea, Drivechains, and others are Shitcoins 2.0 \ stacker news
There's a new wave of Lightning FUD hitting the wires, but that's noise. What no one else is talking about is the signal. Reality is that Lightning...