Trends in the Future of the Cryptocurrency World

1. Bitcoin will not become the main currency for on-chain payments, but it will serve as a tool for storing value, leaning more towards the role of gold.

2. Ethereum will still be the king of smart contract chains in the short term, but its future (in a few years or a decade) remains uncertain. Ethereum still faces high user TPS demand and high on-chain costs. It is difficult to pivot a large ship, and some drawbacks of Layer 1 cannot be resolved in the short term. Many trading shares will be taken by Layer 2 and other Layer 1 chains. So far, Layer 1 is still not a chain that ordinary players can afford. The costs of Layer 2 have significantly decreased after upgrades, but many Layer 2 options are very fragmented, and there is even a trend for Layer 3 development. Although they all rely on Layer 1 for validation, it feels like the complex Layer 2/3 are difficult to consider as collaborative allies; they resemble independent competing branches.

3. At least one high-performance public chain will emerge. The blockchain needs a truly high-performance public chain that is secure, efficient, and has low interaction costs, solving various interaction needs through a single chain. This demand has always existed, and such a chain will certainly have the opportunity to emerge. Look out for $SUI .

4. The blockchain is currently still in a stage where traffic is king, and it may be difficult to escape this in the future, as most of the people who have truly entered this market have a strong speculative mentality. However, practical products will become the backbone. The approval of ETFs will allow traditional financial capital to enter the cryptocurrency world, marking a milestone development and changing the game rules in the cryptocurrency space.

5. Combining AI with products and games presents an opportunity to break through. Although blockchain games have been quite dismal so far, there will definitely be breakout successes.

6. Discussing absolute decentralization in the future cryptocurrency world is meaningless; human nature dictates that wealth will always flow to a minority. True decentralization is hard to achieve, and the window of opportunity for sudden wealth will narrow. In the past, luck may have played a role, but in the future, those who rely entirely on luck will decrease. In the future, survival in this market will require both luck and strength.

7. PoS and PoW are not the key determinants of decentralization; it is about the people involved. What matters is the composition of the team and community.

8. It seems that venture capitalists have not fully grasped this market, indicating that there are still many opportunities for ordinary people in the next few years.