Agreed—the thing that makes Arc interesting is not merely its status as “a new chain from Circle,” but the question it raises: what if stablecoins truly became the primary fuel of a network, rather than merely passengers?
With USDC as gas and sub-second finality, Arc changes how we evaluate a chain. On other chains, we often get caught up in looking at the gas token’s price, whereas on Arc, ecosystem health can be measured more honestly by actual USDC flows, recurring active addresses, DeFi volume, and RWA settlement—not merely native-token euphoria.
Gate’s support from day one, plus 0 Gas through Gold-Digging Dog, certainly lowers the friction of exploration. But precisely because it is cheap, I have become more selective: thin liquidity, risky contracts, and projects without real users must still be avoided. A cheap start is not permission for blind FOMO.
My unique view:
Arc could become a “post-gas-token economy” experiment. If the gas is USDC, there is no natural pressure to buy a gas token just to transact. This could shift trading culture from farming gas tokens to analyzing stablecoin flows and real economic activity. Interestingly, memes can still serve as the community entry point, but what will determine whether Arc endures is whether the DeFi and RWA built on it have a reason to exist—not just a narrative.
What do I most want to see first on Arc? Not memes versus RWA, but a combination: memes as community distribution, followed by DeFi/RWA as the place where that liquidity settles and generates recurring volume. If there is a protocol that can use RWA assets as collateral with sub-1-second finality and USDC gas, that would be a true game changer.
Arc is already live. Now the question is not “who is the fastest,” but who will still have liquidity, users, and a reason to exist after the initial hype passes.
#Gate首日支持ARC公链 #GateSquareMidAutumnReunion #GateMeme
With USDC as gas and sub-second finality, Arc changes how we evaluate a chain. On other chains, we often get caught up in looking at the gas token’s price, whereas on Arc, ecosystem health can be measured more honestly by actual USDC flows, recurring active addresses, DeFi volume, and RWA settlement—not merely native-token euphoria.
Gate’s support from day one, plus 0 Gas through Gold-Digging Dog, certainly lowers the friction of exploration. But precisely because it is cheap, I have become more selective: thin liquidity, risky contracts, and projects without real users must still be avoided. A cheap start is not permission for blind FOMO.
My unique view:
Arc could become a “post-gas-token economy” experiment. If the gas is USDC, there is no natural pressure to buy a gas token just to transact. This could shift trading culture from farming gas tokens to analyzing stablecoin flows and real economic activity. Interestingly, memes can still serve as the community entry point, but what will determine whether Arc endures is whether the DeFi and RWA built on it have a reason to exist—not just a narrative.
What do I most want to see first on Arc? Not memes versus RWA, but a combination: memes as community distribution, followed by DeFi/RWA as the place where that liquidity settles and generates recurring volume. If there is a protocol that can use RWA assets as collateral with sub-1-second finality and USDC gas, that would be a true game changer.
Arc is already live. Now the question is not “who is the fastest,” but who will still have liquidity, users, and a reason to exist after the initial hype passes.
#Gate首日支持ARC公链 #GateSquareMidAutumnReunion #GateMeme
