mert | helius.dev
RT @0xBreadguy: Additionally, and because the specific blockchains mentioned are rollups (read: use Ethereum DA/blobs), you have the below outcome:

At ~400 collective TPS (1/3rd Solana's) you are then not only impacted by your own single-market congestion pricing, but also other blockchain congestion.

So even if Ink's 3 TPS stays at 3 TPS the median price will rise if Base goes from 200 TPS to 250 TPS because the shared blobspace would yield a price increase.

this is the sneakiest type of FUD because it masks technical ignorance with false numbers to give you false confidence — and 99% of people won't be able to tell

luckily, I will show you that it's nonsense

i) solana has parallel fee markets, these L2 do not

meaning: if fees increase on a hot market like USDT/USDC, this does not increase the fees for something like basic SOL transfers

on the mentioned EVMs, if the prices for a single market go up, the prices go up for everyone — it's like if the uber prices in NYC went up due to traffic, but somehow people in Boston also have to pay more

as a result, you'd look at the median fee instead of the average

and if you look at the median fee, Solana is (somehow) still cheaper, which is insane since it's doing over 10-100x the scale

a great metric for this is median fee volatility (below) — lower the volatility means the more consistent the pricing; and as you can see Solana is by far the best here

ii) here's the real troll part

OP is comparing Solana fees to *checks notes* Inkchain, among others

Inkchain is doing 3 TPS, yes 3 — so is Starknet

Arbitrum is at 28 and Base is at 100

Solana is at over 1200 — which is 10x-400x more activity

and btw, even in *that case* — Solana median is still lower...find below

Uber prices in Aleppo aren't cheaper than NYC because Aleppo has better infrastructure — it's because there is actual demand in NYC

e.g., if these L2s that OP uses were to do the same scale as Solana, their fees would be several tens or hundreds of multiples higher (and we already saw this several times) - mert | helius.dev
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gorklon rust
Tesla vs other electric car companies https://t.co/KRXmRHEdcl
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Lark Davis
RT @TheCryptoLark: While everyone was watching Bitcoin, ETH exploded 42% since May 7th.

BTC only moved 7% in the same period.

ETH broke $2,700 on Tuesday and the onchain data shows why:

- Pectra upgrade successfully deployed (more efficient + useful ETH)
- Institutional buyers flooded in immediately after confirmation
- Trading volumes hitting levels not seen in MONTHS

This is the EXACT pattern we see before major alt seasons:

- BTC runs
- ETH follows with BIGGER gains
- Alts EXPLODE

Are you well positioned for when the alt season is coming?
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mert | helius.dev
just watched this video

the day after, my wife asked me to buy her a $10,000 bag

I said "not only will I not buy you the bag, but you will buy me a $10,000 watch instead"

she just filed for divorce

I no longer need to get the bag, 18D chess

https://t.co/f6UPdkL5R0 - Brian Armstrong
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mert | helius.dev
everyone expanding to Solana

🔥 NEW: Metamask co-founder confirms native $SOL support is coming this May. https://t.co/2U0GHEIFdB - Cointelegraph
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