People still judge chains like it’s 2021. More transactions More gas More volume Number go up But that era is gone. Cheap transfers are everywhere now. Every chain is fast, cheap. Every chain can move USDC. So if your whole identity is we move money fast, you’re basically fighting to be slightly faster plumbing. That’s not where the big value sits. Here’s the real unlock: A chain becomes valuable only when people keep their money on it not when they send it through. Money that passes through you gives you nothing. Money that stays with you builds an economy. And that’s the part most people don’t understand about Polygon. Polygon isn’t trying to win the "cheapest remittance" war. They’re trying to make every dollar that lands on the chain actually do stuff. Think about it like this: If you hold $100 on Tron, what can you do with it? Pretty much just send it somewhere else. If you hold $100 on Polygon, you can: - send it - spend it - borrow with it - lend it - trade it - use it in apps across different regions - settle RWAs - get paid - pay someone else - play around with DeFi or consumer apps - plug into real fintech rails That’s not payments. That’s an economy. Most of the Polygon partnerships people meme about aren’t just logos. They’re entry points for real money from real users in different countries. - Stripe = commerce - Revolut = Europe - Grab = SEA - Jio = India - Mercado Libre = LATAM - Flutterwave = Africa - BlackRock/Apollo = RWAs + capital markets Together, it creates something no single region could build alone. Money isn’t just moving. It’s circulating. And circulating money → liquidity → stickiness → real value. People look at Polygon and ask: "Why does this matter? What does it add?" Simple: Polygon isn’t trying to be the fastest chain. Or the cheapest chain. Or the chain with the most announcements. They’re trying to be the place where global money actually lives. In crypto, that’s the difference between: 1) being an infrastructure chain 2) being a full-blown financial layer for half the world One is replaceable. The other becomes a habit people can’t leave. So yeah, don’t focus on gas. Don’t focus on raw tx numbers. Don’t focus on screenshots from scanners. Watch how much money stays. What people can do with it. How many ways it can move between apps, regions, and use cases. That’s where Polygon is aiming.