The following is a post of guest and opinion from Hart Lambur, Co-Founder of Risks Labs (Uma and in total).
SolanaRecent growth did not come Ethereumcost. It expands the total crypto user base. Instead of pulling users away from Ethereum, Solana served as a gateway for new web3 entrances. With fast transactions and low fees, and a lively app layer, it has become a good onboarding ramp for the latest wave of Memecoin entrepreneurs.
Like it or not, memecoins like Harrypotterobamasonicinu and Fartcoin Not just noise; They introduced millions of people to crypto, many for the first time. Solana is not just where they did their first trade – this is their first real relationship with the Web3 ecosystem. And while many lost money, some of the users were stuck around.
The question now is: How can we be sure they will stay, and experience more than what Web3 Offers beyond the speculation? As Vitalik put Last year As for Memecoins, there is a “opportunity here to try to create something more positive and long -term.”
From viewers to residents
Flowing new users presents a rare opportunity for crypto. At its peak, Solana's Memecoin Boom helped driving a $ 47.9 billion market cap. Yes, Memecoins have dropped 76% since their December 2024 all-time high, but Solana is not just fuel speculation; It is in real users and real capital. While the memecoin craze may be short lived, participants who attract it should not.
Crypto has long promised the adoption of the masses, and now, we have the opportunity to deliver that promise. But this growth has its own set of challenges. If we do not make it easy for new users to navigate the wider ecosystem – limiting their experience with a blockchain or a case of use – we risk losing momentum, capital, and growth with it.
The transition from onboarding to maintenance
Attracting users is no longer a major challenge. Memecoins In Solana opened that door for a new generation, such as ICOs, Defi Tag -in, and NFTs before. The real test ensures the broader web3 ecosystem is as seamless and easy to understand as the most user-friendly blockchains and uses cases. Solana still feels separate from the broader Ethereum ecosystems, similar to the various Ethereum L2 felt. If we failed to make it easy for users to explore various ecosystems after the chaos around trends like memecoins missing, we would lose them quickly.
In the past, the transition from one chain to another (whether in Ethereum, base, or another L2) felt complicated and expensive. It's like coming to a Kapana -exciting new city, eager to explore, just to realize that the best destinations are hard to reach because of the outdated transit systems. This is how crypto feels for many users today: full of potential, but failed by friction with each step. This dispute is inevitable and we now have tools to remove it.
Crosschain infrastructure offers solution
Crosschain infrastructure can provide a solution. The standards throughout the industry such as ERC-7683 Allow Web3 Apps to handle complex multi-step transactions to Crosschain as a user request. There is a total and uniswap, the standard gives developers to hide the complexity of interacting with many chains while still using their combined power. Users benefit from the best in both worlds: the simplicity of a chain with scalability of many.
The future is unified
Solana's recent user growth describes how UX optimizing can drive onboarding on the scale. But onboarding is just one part of the equation – maintenance is the real test. For the web3 that is truly grown, it needs to feel like a seamless ecosystem, not a collection of fragment networks. In the same way the ERC-7683 and the goals are unified Ethereum L2S, we should give users the same seamless contact with Solana.
Ethereum, Solana, and every other chain are not in a zero-sum battle. The future is not about which chain won. It's about making Web3 work as a united, easy -to -understand experience. This means developing infrastructure that relates to users throughout the chain quickly, simplifies complexity, and makes the whole ecosy system that feels cohesive. Web3 can only be measured when users stop thinking about chains, as no one thinks about TCP/IP when browsing the internet. That is the future we are building.
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