Yes, I agree, we really need functional bridges to other ecosystems.

An Ethereum bridge may be interesting for investors there, not for Hivers looking for a route in or out. It has the advantage it can easily be cloned to all EVM chains (including cheaper ones), provided we have liquidity to fund many of them, which I doubt.

By the way, any idea where that picture is from? Looks Italian but those Mediterranean can be deceptive.

The description says it's from Croatia. I don't recognize the place, but I've only been to Croatia once. The Adriatic and Ionian Seas have great-looking colors of the water, that's true.