In the Web3 ecosystem, Solana's high TPS and SOL staking rewards are often considered 'talking points on-chain', but for regular users, '10,000 TPS' is less tangible than 'no waiting in line to buy antihypertensive medicine', and '6.5% APY' is less useful than 'being able to directly pay for children's stationery'. Most projects are busy piling up technical parameters, but Solayer focuses on 'bringing Crypto to the ground' — relying on the InfiniSVM hardware engine to convert over 1,000,000 TPS computing power into a smooth 'community pharmacy scan-to-pay'; using the Emerald Card makes 'spending Crypto' not only save on exchange fees but also earn extra tokens. Now, behind the 350 million TVL and over 104,500 users, Solayer has truly transformed Solana's 'on-chain advantages' into 'tangible assets that can be spent and earned in ordinary people's wallets'.
1. InfiniSVM: Not showcasing 'computing power', but embedding hardware performance into daily scenarios
Traditional Layer 1 always loves to compete on 'TPS numbers', but Solayer's InfiniSVM has never taken the path of 'software optimization to tweak parameters', instead, it uses 'hardware acceleration' to directly transform computing power into the ability to solve everyday pain points:
It offloads the transaction verification module to FPGA chips, combined with InfiniBand (100Gbps bandwidth) and RDMA technology, allowing data transmission to be as smooth as 'driving on an exclusive highway' — the test network has already stably supported over 500,000 TPS, aiming directly for over 1,000,000 TPS, which is 100 times the current performance of Solana. This is not 'paper performance', but can handle the morning rush at community pharmacies: after integration, during the morning peak for purchasing medicine, there were 11,000 SOL payments (each between 20-80 USD, for buying antihypertensives and cold medicine) confirmed within 0.8 milliseconds, twice as fast as traditional POS machines, allowing elderly customers to avoid holding up their phones waiting for the 'system to load';
The 0.8 milliseconds of low latency can help users 'balance earnings and expenses': Office workers want to stake SOL for a 6.5% return, but fear they can't withdraw money when urgently needed; InfiniSVM can synchronize the amount of sSOL staked with Emerald Card spending records in real-time, and the AI model can calculate within 100 milliseconds that 'staking 25 sSOL can borrow 1,250 USD, enough to cover 3 months of rent + buy one round of common family medicine, with no loss in earnings', eliminating the need to struggle between 'earning money' and 'spending money';
Institutions also recognize this 'practical performance': Two chain stationery stores use InfiniSVM for 'student stationery tokenization', where parents buy backpacks and notebooks with sUSD, prices synchronize within 100 milliseconds and payments are confirmed in 0.8 milliseconds, with daily sales exceeding 3 million USD. A stationery store owner said, 'I used to think blockchain was a 'high-tech gimmick', now it can be directly used as a 'payment tool', parents pay quickly, and it's easy for us to reconcile, this is truly useful.'
2. Emerald Card: Making 'Crypto assets' more practical than 'fiat cash', with cashback becoming 'pocket money'
Many crypto payment cards are just 'able to swipe', but Solayer's Emerald Card is deeply integrated with InfiniSVM, turning 'Crypto assets' into a 'convenient and cost-effective' daily tool:
No need to learn blockchain operations, just transfer SOL, sSOL, or sUSD into the Emerald Card, usable at over 40 million Visa/Mastercard merchants worldwide — buying cold medicine at community pharmacies, online purchasing stationery for children, or sending living expenses to relatives studying abroad, covering all scenarios. The core advantage is the InfiniSVM's 'payment-specific computing power cluster': Consumption instructions do not queue with other transactions on-chain, settling 'Crypto to fiat' within 1.2 seconds, with a 99.9% success rate, and cross-border payments are exempt from a 1.5% exchange fee. One parent calculated that sending 3,000 USD in tuition to a child in Canada using the Emerald Card saves 45 USD compared to bank wire transfers, enough to buy two backpacks;
Even more tangible is 'spending one and earning one': For every 1 USD spent, 0.01 LAYER is credited in real-time, with notifications received within 10 seconds, having no expiration and no need to accumulate points for redemption. Based on the current LAYER price ($0.55-0.62), monthly spending of 2,200 USD can earn 12.1-13.64 USD; if LAYER returns to the historical high of 2.55, monthly rewards could reach 56.1 USD, enough to buy a month's worth of common family medicine. The earned LAYER can also be staked, yielding 8%-10% annualized return, equivalent to 'saving for buying medicine while spending';
The rights are all 'usable for daily life': Pay with sSOL at partner community pharmacies, get 12 off for purchases over 60; pay property fees twice a month with the card and receive 0.9 sSOL trial funds (which can earn 0.21 USD in 7 days); even charging electric vehicles with SOL can earn a 0.3% $LAYER reward. Currently, 88% of active users use it more than 5 times a month, with some saying, 'It's more convenient than carrying cash, saves money compared to credit cards, and can even earn some pocket money, who wouldn't love using it?'
3. The 'real synergy' of computing power + consumption: Crypto is finally not 'an isolated piece on-chain'
The value of Solayer has never been about InfiniSVM and Emerald Card 'fighting alone', but rather about forming a closed loop of 'computing power supporting consumption, and consumption nurturing the ecosystem':
The speed of InfiniSVM gives the Emerald Card the confidence of 'no lag, no delay' — there will be no frustrating situations like 'paying for cold medicine but rewards take half a day to arrive'; while the 23,000 active users brought by the Emerald Card (with an activation rate of 88%) ensure that the computing power of InfiniSVM is 'not wasted': 60% of the LAYER earned by users will be staked, pushing the LAYER staking ratio to 65%; they feel that sSOL 'can earn 6.5% return and buy stationery', further increasing the TVL to 186 million USD; even the compliant sUSD has attracted 23% of traditional asset management funds due to its ability to 'pay tuition and stable returns', with TVL exceeding 31 million USD.
More importantly, it allows 'people who don't understand Crypto to dare to use it': 30% of community elderly people using the Emerald Card for the first time originally thought 'digital currency is unsafe', but now they have slowly accepted staking sSOL by 'buying antihypertensive medicine and earning tokens'; 40% of long-time on-chain users have also transferred more funds from exchanges — some who previously only engaged in short-term trading now use the Emerald Card to pay rent and buy stationery, and have even converted 70% of their positions into sSOL, saying, 'Before it was 'speculating on coins and betting on rises and falls', now it's 'using coins for daily life', which feels much more reassuring.'
In summary: The core of Solayer is to turn Crypto from 'on-chain numbers' into 'daily tangible assets'
What makes Solayer most unique is that it has not treated '1 million TPS' and 'hardware acceleration' as gimmicks, but has always focused on 'how users can use it conveniently and cost-effectively' — the computing power of InfiniSVM is for 'not waiting in line to buy cold medicine'; the convenience of the Emerald Card is for 'paying tuition without exchange fees'; the cashback of $LAYER is for 'earning a little more pocket money'.
Currently, the price of $LAYER is between $0.55-$0.62, having dropped 75% from its historical high, but the market cap/TVL ratio corresponding to the 350 million TVL (0.37-0.45) is far below the average level of Web3 financial infrastructure (0.6-0.8), with backing from top capital like Polychain Capital and Binance Labs. Once the InfiniSVM mainnet reaches 1,000,000+ TPS, with more community pharmacies and stationery stores adopting the Emerald Card, Solayer may help more people understand: the ultimate value of Crypto is not 'how many times it rises', but whether it can be conveniently used for buying cold medicine or paying for stationery like cash in a wallet — this is Solayer's true competitiveness.
