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[@yyehazel](/creator/twitter/yyehazel)
"📆Timeframe: XXX Days ✦ Hyperliquid: Aug X 2023 Feb XX 2024 ✦ Lighter: Feb X 2025 Jul XX 2025 Both in their first XXX days. Both launched into the perpetual DEX narrative. But only one went full turbo"  
![@yyehazel Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::1868587898544775168.png) [@yyehazel](/creator/x/yyehazel) on [X](/post/tweet/1946434593147789533) 2025-07-19 04:59:04 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements


"🧵   - Two protocols. Same category. Same timeframe. But radically different outcomes. Lets dive into one of the most explosive head-to-heads in DeFi"  
![@yyehazel Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::1868587898544775168.png) [@yyehazel](/creator/x/yyehazel) on [X](/post/tweet/1946434590513750514) 2025-07-19 04:59:04 UTC XXX followers, XXX engagements


"🔚 ✦Citrea = cryptographic validity   . ✦Merlin = economic security    . If you care about -  Citrea is leading the way"  
![@yyehazel Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::1868587898544775168.png) [@yyehazel](/creator/x/yyehazel) on [X](/post/tweet/1946839087786389944) 2025-07-20 07:46:23 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements


"💰 Cumulative Inflow: ✦ Hyperliquid: $161M ✦ Lighter: $599M Thats not a typo. Lighter saw nearly    in the same time window. That means Hyperliquid is pulling in roughly $816K per day while Lighter is raking in around $3.04M per day. In absolute terms Lighter is not just catching up. Its dominating"  
![@yyehazel Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::1868587898544775168.png) [@yyehazel](/creator/x/yyehazel) on [X](/post/tweet/1946434597178527866) 2025-07-19 04:59:05 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements


"1 ✦ Citrea = ZK-Rollup ✦ Merlin = Optimistic Rollup While both scale Bitcoin they use  . X  Citrea uses zk-SNARKs meaning every batch of transactions is . No need to trust any external party. No waiting period. Merlin uses  which assume at least one honest actor will challenge invalid batches. This introduces and . X ✅ Citrea: Once the ZK proof is verified its final. ⚠ Merlin: Transactions can be during a challenge period (typically several days). X  🛑 Merlin needs oracles and staking mechanisms to operate. 🧠 Citrea doesnt. Everything is verified through the proof. Less complexity = better"  
![@yyehazel Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:16/cr:twitter::1868587898544775168.png) [@yyehazel](/creator/x/yyehazel) on [X](/post/tweet/1946839084820996523) 2025-07-20 07:46:22 UTC XXX followers, XX engagements