HyperEVM Criticized for Positioning Bias and Poor Developer Experience, Core Applications Still Limited to Few Scenarios

CoinFeed June 20 news, the Hyperliquid community has erupted in controversy over HyperEVM's positioning, arguing that HyperEVM is not designed as a general-purpose Ethereum execution environment, but rather as a dedicated execution layer biased toward composable interactions with Hypercore. Its core design should rely on corewriter and precompiled contracts, rather than being used as a general L1. However, developers currently face a high learning curve, and complex system address interactions lead to cross-asset operations requiring multiple transactions, resulting in low efficiency. In most cases, asset swaps are even less efficient than AMM mechanisms. Additionally, HyperEVM has long suffered from being "neglected," possibly due to the team's resources being concentrated on core products such as HIP-3, HIP-4, and portfolio margin, leading to insufficient investment in ecosystem development.