So, i asked gpt, and confirmed what i suspected. It is yet another dirty patchwork system on top of bitcoin. It requires a different wallet for normal ecash and yet another different wallet for "self-...
@Runatyr the fee math on the exit is what i keep coming back to. a unilateral ark exit can take a couple of on chain transactions, so a small balance can cost more to rescue than it holds. that sits apart from needing another wallet for every layer.
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