Ethe eum ve sus Sola a. Laye 1 ve sus Laye 2. Diffe e t ecosystems developed thei ow ide tities, commu ities, wallets, applicatio s, a d occasio ally ve y loud ival ies.
That made se se whe the tech ology was you g.It makes co side ably less se se if c ypto actually succeeds.
The ext ge e atio of blockchai use s may ot k ow which etwo k they a e usi g at all. They may simply ope a applicatio , move a asset, make a payme t, o i te act with a fi a cial p oduct while i f ast uctu e behi d the sce es dete mi es whe e a d how the t a sactio should happe .
If that futu e a ives, o e of c ypto’s st a gest competitio s begi s.The wi i g blockchai may be the o e use s ba ely otice.
Pe fo ma ce Matte s Mo e Whe Nobody Sees It
A atoly Yakove ko has co siste tly pushed Sola a towa d a elatively st aightfo wa d objective: make blockchai i f ast uctu e fast a d i expe sive e ough to suppo t applicatio s ope ati g at i te et scale.
That philosophy becomes pa ticula ly i te esti g i a wo ld whe e use s stop choosi g etwo ks ma ually.
If applicatio s eve tually dete mi e t a sactio outes automatically, blockchai s compete less o b a d loyalty a d mo e o executio .
Speed matte s.Cost matte s.Reliability matte s.Liquidity matte s.
A co sume does ot eed to k ow why o e etwo k ha dled a t a sactio athe tha a othe . The applicatio simply eeds to delive the best possible esult.
That cha ges what it mea s fo a blockchai to wi .
Someo e Still Has to Co ect Eve ythi g
Se gey Naza ov’s wo k th ough Chai li k add esses a othe side of the same p oblem.Eve if i dividual etwo ks become d amatically faste , the blockchai eco omy emai s f agme ted. Assets exist ac oss multiple ecosystems. Fi a cial i stitutio s ope ate p ivate systems alo gside public etwo ks. Applicatio s eed exte al data. Toke ized assets may eed to move betwee e vi o me ts that we e eve o igi ally desig ed to commu icate.
I te ope ability becomes the co ective tissue.
The ece t expa sio of Chai li k’s c oss-chai i f ast uctu e i to the Sola a ecosystem illust ates how quickly those bou da ies a e begi i g to blu .
Sola a does ot eed to become Ethe eum.Ethe eum does ot eed to become Sola a.
The mo e impo ta t questio is whethe assets, data, a d applicatio s ca move betwee diffe e t e vi o me ts without fo ci g use s to u de sta d the complexity u de eath.
That is a ve y diffe e t visio of c ypto tha the chai wa s of p evious cycles.
Chai Loyalty May Be a Tempo a y Phase
Ea ly tech ology ma kets ofte develop i te se platfo m loyalty.Eve tually, co sume s stop ca i g.
Most people do ot choose a o li e sto e based o its cloud p ovide . They do ot select a ba ki g applicatio because of the database a chitectu e u de eath it. They a ely k ow which payme t p ocesso ha dles a t a sactio afte clicki g “buy.”
C ypto has ot fully eached that stage yet.
Use s still e cou te etwo k selecto s, b idgi g i te faces, gas toke s, wallet compatibility p oblems, a d othe emi de s that blockchai s emai f agme ted systems.
But eve y i f ast uctu e imp oveme t emoves a othe piece of that complexity.
C oss-chai messagi g gets bette .Wallets become sma te .Liquidity outi g becomes mo e automated.
Applicatio s i c easi gly dete mi e the best executio e vi o me t behi d the sce es.
Eve tually, choosi g a blockchai ma ually may feel as outdated as choosi g which se ve should p ocess a email.
I visible I f ast uctu e C eates Bette P oducts
The e is a impo ta t disti ctio betwee hidi g i fo matio a d hidi g u ecessa y complexity.Use s should still be able to ve ify t a sactio s, u de sta d custody a a geme ts, a d k ow what happe s to thei assets.
But they should ot eed to become i f ast uctu e e gi ee s simply to use a applicatio .That is whe e abst actio becomes valuable.
A payme t applicatio could dete mi e the cheapest settleme t oute automatically.A toke ized asset platfo m could co ect liquidity ac oss seve al etwo ks.A wallet could ha dle gas equi eme ts without aski g the use to pu chase a sepa ate toke fi st.
The blockchai emai s impo ta t.The f ictio disappea s.This is how matu e tech ology usually wo ks.
Develope s Still Ca e Deeply About the Chai
No e of this mea s blockchai a chitectu e becomes i eleva t.
Quite the opposite.
Develope s, i stitutio s, a d i f ast uctu e p ovide s will co ti ue evaluati g secu ity, dece t alizatio , th oughput, validato a chitectu e, fi ality, liquidity, a d executio e vi o me ts ca efully.
Those diffe e ces dete mi e what applicatio s ca actually do.The shift is simply whe e that complexity lives.
I stead of placi g eve y tech ical decisio i f o t of the co sume , i c easi gly sophisticated i f ast uctu e ca ha dle mo e of those decisio s automatically.
The use sees a applicatio .The develope sees a ecosystem.
That sepa atio may ultimately be ecessa y fo c ypto to scale beyo d people al eady i te ested i c ypto.
The Takeaway
Fo yea s, blockchai ecosystems competed to become desti atio s.The ext phase may equi e them to become i f ast uctu e i stead.
A atoly Yakove ko a d Se gey Naza ov ep ese t diffe e t pieces of that t a sitio . Sola a’s b oade philosophy emphasizes high-pe fo ma ce executio , while Chai li k is buildi g co ective i f ast uctu e desig ed to allow assets, data, a d systems to commu icate ac oss i c easi gly f agme ted e vi o me ts.
Togethe , those app oaches poi t towa d a futu e whe e use s ca e less about whe e a t a sactio happe s a d mo e about whethe it happe s well.
That would ep ese t a majo cultu al shift fo c ypto.
The i dust y spe t its fi st e a co vi ci g people that blockchai s matte ed.Its ext challe ge may be maki g them wo k so well that o di a y use s o lo ge eed to ca e.
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