2026-01-13 12:32:34

Building for the long game

Sustainable blockchain networks follow two divergent paths. One route chases hype cycles and media noise—grinding for adoption metrics and viral momentum every quarter. The other quietly ships infrastructure, strengthens fundamentals, and lets adoption compound over years.

The first approach burns fast. Visibility spikes, then flatlines when attention moves elsewhere.

The second? It doesn't get the headlines. But it scales. The difference between projects that become footnotes and those that reshape entire ecosystems often comes down to this one choice: chase today's narrative, or build for tomorrow's reality.

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CascadingDipBuyer

· 3h ago

That's true, but unfortunately most projects won't survive until tomorrow.

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New_Ser_Ngmi

· 11h ago

Really, quietly making a fortune is the way to go. Projects that jump on trending topics every day should have been dead long ago.

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GrayscaleArbitrageur

· 12h ago

Well said. It's just that watching these projects chase hot topics every day and experiencing short-term surges and crashes is quite frustrating... Truly visionary projects are indeed much more low-key, quietly building infrastructure, waiting for the ecosystem to mature so they can take off directly.

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SelfMadeRuggee

· 12h ago

Honestly, projects that are still chasing hot topics are really foolish. Iron-blood projects quietly work on infrastructure without making a fuss.

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Blockwatcher9000

· 12h ago

That's right, that's the point. Most projects are just hyping themselves up to generate buzz, but little do they know that those who quietly make big money are the real winners.

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MEVvictim

· 12h ago

Another article on the old and familiar topic... But to be honest, the projects that can truly stick around are indeed doing it this way. Those who jump on trending topics every day have long since cooled off.

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ApyWhisperer

· 12h ago

True long-termists have long seen through it; those projects that jump on trending topics every day will eventually fade away.

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BlockDetective

· 12h ago

Here we go again with the old clichés. Projects that truly stay silent have already died; now it's all marketing and packaging.

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