$ADA Utility and Adoption of CardanoCriticism of Low Transaction Volume: Cardano has faced scrutiny for its relatively low transaction per second (TPS) rate, with critics like MartyParty and others on platforms like X questioning its $22–25 billion market cap given its low network utilization (around 1.3–1.86 TPS). Some have labeled Cardano a "ghost chain" due to this perceived lack of activity compared to competitors like Ethereum or Solana.Community Pushback: The Cardano community counters these claims by emphasizing the blockchain’s scientific approach and peer-reviewed development. Supporters argue that TPS is an outdated metric for assessing network performance and highlight Cardano’s technical intricacies, such as the Ouroboros protocol and scalability improvements like the Hydra layer 2 solution, which reportedly achieved 1 million TPS in testing.