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bumping this base(d) thread

Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, are all competing on top of Ethereum, using side-chains that are not compatible.

Meanwhile, the bridges that connect them are not user-friendly and susceptible to hacks.

All these chains are selling shovels. The question is, what happens when the market for shovels becomes oversaturated?

The value we've all been chasing in crypto was mainly driven by speculative money. How much longer will this speculative interest continue (because it's certainly not a reliable source of support - without money printing, especially since the cost of creating tokens, blockchains, and dApps is either very low (0) or rapidly decreasing?