If changes to reduce costs using merkle trees are fruitful and paymaster removes ETH gas from the UX equation, I’m content to see how that unfolds.
Ultimately, we want to use the best solution to the problem. If leaning on existing technology delivers that sufficiently well, why reinvent that wheel?
I’d rather a solid, fast, network without native, than a flaky, slow, network with native. A native token is just one way to achieve friction free payments for data uploads.
If other strategies are unsuccessful, I’m sure native will have to be considered again. Perhaps some forks will decide it is a higher priority too.
I do get that many folks were hooked on the project primarily for the token though. The crypto hype certainly helped at the time of ICO. The primary goal for the project has always been a data network first and foremost though.
I do not think so. If you have USDC on another chain you just need to move it to the ARB chain/bridge and you can add that with ANT for liquidity. If you want to swap, YES you can do that crosschain using dapps like Relay or DeBridge (I have both linked in Discord official-links).
Is the price decrease really all about the tokenomics needing improvement? I’ve noticed things seem a bit unnatural, for months. Just about the time very vocal people came around here seemingly prophetic about the price going down. There’s been a very sturdy movement to down-vote the token on Coingecko, also, for around the same amount of time.
I don’t think there’s anything unnatural… just a big quality of tokens released at TGE, followed by a small volume of selling and even smaller volume of buying, hence the downward price direction.
But, for the patient who think the network is looking good and has a bright future, this is a fantastic opportunity to buy more at low prices.
