What made Scroll win over Linea for the build week?

Faucet simplicity and a major prover upgrade tipped it — not raw scores or TVL.

Is Scroll's TVL drop a red flag for developers?

No. Liquidity chased Optimism apps; GitHub activity and tooling prove infra's healthy.

Rubric hits TVL, docs, tools — but real picks factor dev friction like faucets and timing.

☁️ Cloud & Infrastructure

Scroll won by a whisker. Linea had the points, but friction killed it.

theAIcatchup Apr 09, 2026 3 min read

Scroll beat Linea 50-51 on rubric, but faucets and fresh tech upgrades clinched it. 𝕏
TVL drops like Ether.fi's exit don't kill solid infra — tooling and commits do matter. 𝕏
zkVM shifts like OpenVM position Scroll for future-proof zk proving dominance. 𝕏

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