This round of $ETH vs $SOL looks a lot like last round's $DOT vs $ETH.

Last round: Polkadot had all sorts of cutting-edge technologies, cross-chain, parachains, governance mechanisms, and a roadmap more beautiful than poetry. Ethereum was just a 'slow learner,' and DeFi Summer bluntly told you - 'As long as it works, it's fine.'

This round: Ethereum has become the 'tech geek,' Rollup Centric, zkRollup, DA modularization, Based Rollup... Developers are all confused. Solana resembles the Ethereum of yesteryears, with MEMEs flying around, smooth DEXs, and newcomers getting started in no time - 'As long as it's fun, it's fine.'

Thinking about it carefully, it's really a cycle of fortune. Back then, Ethereum defeated Polkadot's perfectionism with 'rough and fast' methods, and now Solana is challenging Ethereum's technological worship with simplicity and directness.

Users don't care how advanced your technology is, as long as it makes them feel good???

As for whether Solana can become a secondary leader across cycles, will Ethereum fall into a decline of empty technical discussions like Polkadot?

If it doesn't work this cycle, there will definitely be a conclusion in the next cycle. In fact, the technological narrative is not wrong; what's wrong is disconnecting from user experience and community.