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The critique correctly identifies a core challenge... Ethereum's scaling roadmap has outpaced application demand growth.
However, it drastically oversimplifies the dynamics by treating this as a permanent state rather than a transitional phase. The ecosystem has indeed been working on demand stimulation through various grants programs and developer initiatives, though perhaps not at the scale apolynya suggests.
The most questionable aspect is the implied finality of this assessment. The crypto industry has consistently demonstrated that demand can surge unexpectedly when the right applications emerge.
Also this assessment completely ignores the "build it and they will come" pattern has been remarkably consistent throughout technological history.
Dial-up to Broadband: Who needed 1 Mbps? Then came streaming music, then HD video.
Storage: 20MB hard drives seemed huge. Now we fill terabytes with photos and 4K video we couldn't imagine before.
Mobile Data: 3G was fine for email. Then 4G/5G enabled an entire app economy.
Critics questioning Ethereum's scaling are like someone in 1995 asking why we need faster internet. They're looking at current demand, not future potential.
Lastly as a side note, they suggues that ETH could be worth $100 if things continue while completely ignoring the fact that the chain secures $260Billion or almost 50% of all on chain real world assets. At $100 per ETH the cost to attack and thus steal that would be negligible so that won't happen. ETH price provides the security inherently.

Paraphrasing Charlie Munger: [ETH been aura farming since genesis. Infinite compounding aura. Type shit.](https://i.imgur.com/84RzBVi.png)

Yes. It’s like a volcano bubbling underneath for years before finally exploding. It’s being used to build the next global financial layer. It is 1998 internet right now for ETH.

This is just the beginning; ETH will definitely reach heights you can't even imagine in the future.

Literally today, a guy here wrote a big post describing that there are others "great DEXes", not only Hyperliquid. Among others he spoke highly about DEX named Ostium.
I replied to him, that, true, you need to determine which criteria matter most to you when choosing an exchange, and then make your decision based on those priorities. But at the same time, you must pay attention to the security aspect, which a lot of guys just ignored.
Hours after that, i see i news that "Ostium exploited for $23.3M. All stolen funds have already been swapped into 12,085 ETH ($23.3M).
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So, im gonna repeat myself, pay attention to the security part of the project. It\`s always better to know in what exchange you put your money. Use any tool you like - Coingecko, CMC, CORE3, doesnt matter. Just dont ingore the security

tldr from owocki, friend of the doots podcast
"TLDR:
1. Ethereum massively overbuilt blockspace while app demand barely grew.
2. Fees are heading toward zero.
3. Either subsidize usage to drive real app demand, or constrain supply and accept ETH becoming far less valuable.
4. The industry should've shifted investment from scaling to applications in 2023, but still hasn't."
[https://xcancel.com/owocki/status/2077401262224486473](https://xcancel.com/owocki/status/2077401262224486473)

ETH doing something similar that BTC did last cycle would really catch a lot of people off guard

My top three our BTC, XRP, and ETH

+1 for ETH

ICP, TAO, AAVE, ETH are good picks.
Look for blockchains with usecase and tech.
Nothing beats the tech of Internet Computer Protocol (ICP).
Bittensor (TAO) is also lit, especially mining through machine learning and supply cap of 21 mill.
Never touch a memecoin.

Paraphrasing Warren Buffett: [ETH is bussin', no cap. Infinite aura. Main character energy. Fr](https://i.imgur.com/LTf8zzd.jpeg)

I was buying and mining ETH at ~$1 in 2015/16.
Diamond hands bro.

has anyone been able to sell ? i keep getting "Quote worse than expected" messages .. "swap may result in 99%+ less ETH etc..

Do we get ETH 2k today?

BTC only until we get QE, then you could add some ETH, the rest of the Alt coin market's simply gambling money that needs monetary policy to give liquidity to make an Alt season happen. So if you allocate 10% or so to gamble with because it's 'fun", wait for a couple years...

Bridge BTC to ETH by minting tBTC. Swap the tBTC to ETH and you get to keep your ETH on ETH network. 1 swap process.
You can also bridge to AVAX by minting BTC.b. After swapping to WETH.e on AVAX, bridge that WETH back to ETH to hold the native asset on the native chain. 2 swap process.
There’s probably other decentralised protocols for this but these are 2 the larger protocols on EVM.

Avoid alts like the plague, they’re done, dead, finito. BTC, maybe a small percentage in ETH

ETH

Three red quarters are ugly, but I don’t think the market is separating price action from protocol progress very well. Fusaka already shipped, Glamsterdam is still under active development, and the roadmap is targeting improvements such as ePBS, block level access lists and greater execution capacity. Those upgrades will not automatically pump the price, but they show Ethereum is still solving real scaling and infrastructure problems rather than standing still.
The institutional side matters too. BlackRock has filed for an iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF, while Grayscale has moved toward a staking focused Ethereum product. That does not guarantee demand, but it suggests large asset managers see value in ETH as a productive asset, not only something held for price appreciation.
There are still valid risks. Delayed upgrades, competition from other chains and weaker fee generation can keep ETH under pressure much longer than holders expect. Personally, I’m not trying to trade every quarterly candle. I keep most of my ETH as a long term position and have a smaller portion earning on Kraken and some on Nexo. I would only borrow against it at a very conservative LTV, because borrowing against an asset that continues falling can turn a bad market into a forced sale.

In the days you've been moaning about ETH and saying it's inevitably going below 1500 and it's an !easy short", it's went from 1500 to, currently, 1931, in the space of a few days.