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Sounds like what you're after is lxqt-panel. Problem is, it's not quite ready yet - things like positioning settings, taskbar and a few other plugins do not work, last I checked, but feel free to check it out.
Presently, the main issue is that Qt's layer-shell-qt isn't complete yet - without layer-shell support, certain key taskbar-y things wouldn't work, such as listing and management of active windows, menu popups, reserving the screen space etc. But I suspect it's inching pretty close to completion with the looming release of KDE 6.
For now, check out this page and keep an eye for updates to it: https://github.com/stefonarch/LXQt-Wayland-files/blob/main/lxqt-panel.md
In saying that, what's your issue exactly with Waybar? I use it on Wayfire and it works fine, and the taskbar plugin does display icons for Qt based apps.
Thanks, and to answer your question. My personal preference is to have a unified framework, I now it is unnecessary but I like running as minimal packages as possible. I have done this pretty easily with GTK and was just looking into doing it with QT.
Looks like the tentative date is April: https://9to5linux.com/lxqt-2-0-desktop-launches-in-april-with-new-applications-menu-qt-6-port