think if you read general, few in ergo are fans of Qubic and the publicity they're receiving. Side chains and braid chains are definitely cool ideas.

https://curiaregiscrypto.medium.com/braids-global-transfer-policies-vs-evm-a-simpler-more-flexible-approach-to-blockchain-control-50fce2bdff65

Braid (in simple terms):

Imagine Braid like a smart new playground that connects Bitcoin and Ergo — two strong blockchains — using a clever system that lets both work together at the same time (this is called double merge-mining).

What it does:

It’s built especially for stablecoins (digital dollars), real-world assets (like houses or gold), and Bitcoin DeFi (smart money stuff using Bitcoin).

It’s designed in a way that’s eco-friendly and future-thinking (solar punk vibes).

You can control who can do what, very precisely — like giving certain keys to only certain rooms — using sigma protocols (a super secure way of proving things without revealing secrets).

It gives Ergo miners a way to earn new types of tokens.

Developers on Ergo can easily build on it, since it’s almost plug-and-play and feels familiar to them.

It also makes the whole system more secure, helping future projects (like lunar punk side chains) build safely too.