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by CryptoPunk 1977 days ago
The network effects are on Ethereum, with virtually the entire DeFi space on it.

Moreover, Bitcoin doesn't have the necessary opcodes for secure/trustless bridges to sidechains.

Rootstock, for its part, is controlled by trusted third parties, so doesn't come close to providing the trustless-ness and permissionless-ness guarantees of Ethereum.

Unsurprisingly, Rootstock has insignificant adoption, with Ethereum having on the order of one thousand times more capital/users utilizing it.