In Web3, Solana Crypto is often seen as an 'investment tool'—people focus on the K-line of SOL and calculate the staking returns of sSOL, but when it comes to sending suits to the community dry cleaner or buying stationery for children, they still need to exchange Crypto for fiat first, waiting for the exchange to arrive while incurring fees. While most projects are busy upgrading 'big on-chain functions', Solayer focuses on 'these inconspicuous small payments': relying on the InfiniSVM hardware engine to turn the computing power of over 1 million TPS into a smooth experience of 'paying at the dry cleaner without queuing'; using the Emerald Card makes 'spending Crypto' not only less troublesome but also allows users to earn enough for the next notebook purchase. With a current TVL of $350 million and over 104,500 users, Solayer has truly transformed Solana Crypto from 'numbers in a wallet' into a 'handy choice without much thought' when doing laundry or buying stationery.
I. InfiniSVM: Not flaunting computing power parameters but turning hardware performance into a 'small payment remedy'
Traditional Layer 1 often loves to compare 'who has the higher TPS', but Solayer's InfiniSVM has never focused on the 'digital leaderboard' since its design—it aims to solve the 'small problems' users encounter daily: delays sending laundry during peak hours at dry cleaners, parents worried about payment delays at stationery stores, and concerns about losing money due to exchange rates when sending supplies to relatives abroad. With the idea of 'hardware acceleration Layer 1', InfiniSVM has turned abstract computing power into practical capabilities that can handle these small payments:
It has not followed the old path of 'software sharding for performance' but has embedded the transaction verification module directly into the FPGA chip, combined with InfiniBand (100Gbps bandwidth) and RDMA technology, and used 'multiple execution clusters' to process scattered transactions in parallel—the test network has stably supported over 500,000 TPS, aiming for over 1 million TPS, which is 100 times the current performance of Solana. This is not 'theoretical computing power', but a capability that can handle the early peak of community dry cleaners: after a community dry cleaner was integrated, during the hour from 8 AM to 9 AM on Monday, there were 12,000 SOL payments (each between $30-60 for cleaning suits and coats) confirmed within 0.8 milliseconds, twice as fast as traditional cash registers, allowing office workers to avoid waiting for 'system loading' and catch the subway immediately after dropping off their clothes.
The low latency of 0.8 milliseconds can also help users 'calculate small accounts': parents want to stake SOL to earn 6.5% returns but worry that their child's stationery fees won't be enough at the end of the month. InfiniSVM can synchronize the sSOL staking amount with the Emerald Card transaction records in real-time, and the AI model can calculate within 100 milliseconds that 'staking 15 sSOL can borrow $750, enough to buy 2 months' worth of stationery + 3 dry cleaning services, with no loss in earnings', eliminating the dilemma between 'earning interest' and 'daily small payments'.
Institutions also recognize this 'practical performance': two chain stationery stores use InfiniSVM to 'tokenize stationery expenses', allowing parents to buy notebooks and pens with sUSD, with prices synchronized within 100 milliseconds and payments confirmed within 0.8 milliseconds, achieving daily sales exceeding $2.2 million. The stationery store owner said: 'In the past, parents often encountered payment delays when buying stationery during the back-to-school season; now with Crypto, payments are instant, we can stock and ship quickly, and parents don’t have to worry about their children being without supplies when school starts. This is technology that truly helps people.'
II. Emerald Card: Making 'spending Crypto' more convenient than 'spending cash', with rebates being a 'little surprise'
Many crypto payment cards only fulfill the 'can swipe' function, but Solayer’s Emerald Card is deeply integrated with InfiniSVM, making 'spending Crypto' 'more convenient and cost-effective than spending cash'—not an 'alternative solution', but the 'first choice' for sending laundry and buying stationery:
No need to learn blockchain operations, transfer SOL, sSOL, or sUSD to the Emerald Card, which can be used at over 40 million Visa/Mastercard merchants worldwide—community dry cleaners for laundry, stationery stores for buying pens, sending school supplies to relatives abroad, covering all scenarios. The core advantage is InfiniSVM's 'payment-dedicated computing power cluster': small payment instructions do not queue with large on-chain transactions, completing 'Crypto to fiat' settlements within 1.2 seconds with a success rate of 99.9%, while cross-border payments waive 1.5% currency exchange fees. A parent calculated that sending $2,000 worth of school supplies to their nephew at home saves $30 using the Emerald Card compared to a bank transfer, enough to buy 10 hardcover notebooks.
More practically, there’s a 'surprise of earning a little with every spend': every $1 spent earns 0.01 LAYER in real-time, with a wallet notification popping up within 10 seconds, with no expiration date or need to accumulate points. At the current LAYER price ($0.55 - $0.62), spending $1,800 a month can earn $9.9 - $11.16; if LAYER returns to its historical high of $2.55, monthly rewards could reach $45.9, enough to buy a month’s worth of stationery. The earned LAYER can also be staked for an annual yield of 8%-10%, which is equivalent to 'while sending laundry, also saving money for the next stationery purchase';
The benefits are also all 'small and practical' daily necessities: using sSOL to pay at partner dry cleaners gives a discount of $8 on purchases over $40; using the card to buy stationery twice a month earns a bonus of 0.6 sSOL (which can earn $0.14 in 7 days); even charging an electric vehicle with SOL earns a $LAYER reward of 0.25%. Now, 88% of activated users use it more than 5 times a month, with some saying: 'Now when sending laundry or buying stationery for my child, I prioritize using this card, no need to find change, no waiting for exchanges, and I can earn a little money, which is much more convenient than carrying cash.'
III. Computing Power + Small Payments: Crypto is finally not a 'niche product'
The value of Solayer is not about InfiniSVM and the Emerald Card 'fighting alone', but rather how the two come together to create a 'mutually supporting closed loop' of 'on-chain computing power' and 'daily small payments':
The speed of InfiniSVM gives the Emerald Card the confidence of 'no stuttering, no delays'—there won't be frustrating situations like 'payment for dry cleaning was made, but the shop hasn't received confirmation'; meanwhile, the 23,000 activated users brought by the Emerald Card (activation rate 88%) prevent InfiniSVM’s computing power from being 'wasted': 60% of the LAYER earned by users will be staked, pushing the LAYER staking rate to 65%; those who feel that sSOL 'earns 6.5% while buying school supplies' have staked TVL up to $186 million; even compliant sUSD has attracted 23% of traditional asset management funds due to 'ability to send school supplies and stable returns', with TVL exceeding $31 million.
More importantly, it allows 'Crypto to enter the lives of ordinary people': 30% of users who originally just hoarded SOL for price increases, after sending laundry a few times with the Emerald Card, began actively staking sSOL 'to earn returns and conveniently handle daily small payments'; 40% of 'ordinary parents' who previously did not understand Crypto have gradually learned to use sSOL staking to earn dry cleaning fees because 'buying school supplies can save money'; some who thought 'Crypto is too complicated' now must carry the Emerald Card when going out, 'using it for dry cleaning and buying school supplies is easier than mobile payments, this is the 'down-to-earth' nature Crypto should have.'
Conclusion: The core of Solayer is to allow Crypto to handle every daily small payment
The most unique aspect of Solayer is that it does not treat 'hardware acceleration' and '1 million TPS' as a marketing gimmick but rather focuses on 'the small expenses users incur daily'—InfiniSVM's computing power is meant to 'not delay laundry deliveries while catching the subway'; the convenience of the Emerald Card is to 'avoid unnecessary currency exchange fees when buying school supplies'; the $LAYER commission is to 'save up a bit more small change for daily use'.
Currently, the price of $LAYER is between $0.55 and $0.62, down 75% from its historical peak, but the market cap/TVL ratio corresponding to the $350 million TVL (0.37-0.45) is far below the average level for Web3 financial infrastructure (0.6-0.8), and is backed by top-tier capital such as Polychain Capital and Binance Labs. When InfiniSVM's mainnet achieves 1 million+ TPS, with more community dry cleaners and stationery stores integrating the Emerald Card, Solayer may help more people understand: the ultimate value of Crypto is not 'how many times it can multiply', but whether it can handle every small payment for laundry and buying stationery—this is Solayer's true competitiveness and the 'everyday feeling' most needed in the Solana ecosystem.
