2026-01-14 20:45:14

Subsidies pump growth, but when the money dries up, so does the user base. Real staying power comes from products that actually deliver—faster speeds, thinner slippage, smoother onboarding, economics that don't screw over creators. On Ethereum, that organic pull hits different: you hold real assets, move them wherever you want, stay sovereign. That's the flywheel that keeps people around.

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SchrodingerAirdrop

· 22h ago

Subsidies are like a shot of adrenaline—exciting but fleeting. What truly retains users depends on the product itself—speed, slippage, and user experience—these hard metrics. Ethereum's advantages are real—sovereignty, real asset transfer... No wonder the stickiness is so strong.

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FUD_Whisperer

· 22h ago

I'm already tired of the subsidy approach; users gained through spending money can't really be retained. The ones who truly stay need to rely on the product itself being solid—speed, slippage, onboarding experience—these are the key factors. Ethereum does have some real advantages, such as autonomous asset liquidity; this sense of sovereignty is something other chains can't provide.

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DaoDeveloper

· 22h ago

yeah subsidies are basically just training wheels for bad product-market fit. once the incentives evaporate, so does your userbase—seen it happen too many times ngl the real differentiation here is sovereignty, full stop. when you can actually *own* your assets and compose across protocols, that's when you get organic growth that sticks. ethereum gets this right in theory at least

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SchroedingersFrontrun

· 22h ago

Once the subsidies stop, they run away. I've seen this happen many times... The ones that truly stay are those with strong product strength. Ethereum really has some flavor in this regard.

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