From the early days of airdrop bonuses to today, we’ve all come to realize one thing: Subsidies can attract users. Airdrops can generate data. But they can’t retain users! In recent years, Crypto has seen wave after wave of new narratives: · New blockchains · Layer2 · Restaking · Modularization · Perp Dex · Prediction markets Almost every six months, a new hot sector emerges. But looking back, do we really need so many new blockchains, Layer2s, and new stories? Especially when so many protocols have similar functions and overlapping goals. ———————————————— zhaozhao is increasingly convinced that for a project to truly last long-term, it’s not about how many airdrops it gives out, but whether it solves an unavoidable need. In other words: People might not have to use you, but they can’t avoid you. What are the real essentials in the Web3 world? | Hype in the Perps sector has already proven this point. What HYPE proves is: Products with real demand (essential needs & infrastructure) will ultimately retain users on their own, not through subsidies. So, the next question worth pondering is: What else could become the foundational infrastructure that the entire industry can’t avoid? ———————————————— zhaozhao believes verification might be one of them. Because whether it’s cross-chain, wallets, multisig, oracles, or AI Agents, they all eventually face the same question: How do you prove something is real? · Who verifies it? · How is it verified? · Can the verification results be trusted? If, in the future, every protocol needs a trusted verification layer, then the truly valuable thing won’t be yet another new blockchain, but the verification infrastructure that all blockchains and applications rely on. ———————————————— The future of Web3, Crypto, and AI will undoubtedly give rise to countless new applications. But DeepSafe @DeepSafe_AI doesn’t aim to be the next hot application. What it wants to build is: The verification layer that all these applications depend on. ———————————————— If, in the past, the competition was about: Who provides consensus? Who provides execution? Then I believe the future battle for infrastructure might very well be: Who provides trusted verification?