Solana just achieved 10,000 TPS on-chain—something that deserves attention given the industry benchmarks we've been watching. The interesting part: this kind of throughput has been positioned as the core value proposition for newer Layer 1 solutions entering the market. Here's the question worth pondering—if established chains are already delivering at this scale, what becomes the differentiator for projects still in development pushing similar performance narratives? The competitive landscape shifts quickly when legacy limitations get solved faster than anticipated.