Speed & Cost – 50K TPS vs. Ethereum’s ~30 (post-Danksharding), with sub-penny fees.
Retail Onboarding – Meme coins and NFT pumps attract speculative capital.
VC Backing – a16z, Jump Crypto, and Solana Labs’ aggressive ecosystem funding.
Ethereum’s Fragmentation Problem – Solana’s monolithic chain vs. Ethereum’s L2 tribalism.
Firedancer Upgrade – Expected 10x performance boost in 2024.
Counterpoint: Ethereum’s security and decentralization are still unmatched.