Hey one interesting thing i learned on the stephan livera podcast. ark developers actually consist of 2 camps, one optimizing for bitcoin payments (currently on bitcoin signet) and one camp optimizing for building application layers (currently on liquid).

I'm raising this because this comment doesn't seem to take into account that there is an Ark implementation very focused on improving bitcoin payment UX.

The episode is here and I think it may be a good listen to understand a little better what is currently going on with the Ark Protocol: https://stephanlivera.com/episode/645/