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On February 28, 2026, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin explored the Ethereum scaling roadmap, outlining a two-stage strategy: short-term efficiency optimization followed by a long-term transition to ZK-EVM verification. He examined the potential implications of these initiatives for Ethereum’s performance and the structural composition of ETH pricing.

Fabric Protocol is a communication and governance protocol designed to build decentralized robot networks, enabling autonomous collaboration and value exchange between robots and AI agents.

Fabric Protocol is a decentralized machine communication and governance protocol designed to enable autonomous collaboration and value exchange between robots and AI agents. Unlike traditional robotics platforms that rely on a single company or central server for control, Fabric coordinates and constrains participants through protocol level rules, allowing all nodes in the network to operate within a shared framework.

ROBO is the native token of Fabric Protocol, providing the economic backbone for a decentralized network built specifically for robots and AI agents. As a blockchain infrastructure layer, Fabric Protocol equips robots with on-chain identities, autonomous wallets, and a programmable labor marketplace. This allows machines to participate independently in economic activities rather than remaining confined within closed corporate systems.

TON (The Open Network) employs a multi-layered network architecture and dynamic sharding mechanism to deliver a high-performance blockchain framework designed for large-scale adoption. The layered structure—comprising Masterchain, Workchains, and Shardchains—allows the network to dynamically adjust the number of shards according to system load, facilitating parallel processing and elastic scalability. Supported by PoS consensus and a cross-shard messaging mechanism, TON achieves an optimal balance between high throughput and low latency.

Dogecoin is an open source peer to peer cryptocurrency built on the Scrypt algorithm and the Proof of Work consensus mechanism. The DOGE token adopts an uncapped inflationary supply model and demonstrates distinctive practicality in small payments and online tipping scenarios.

GateToken (GT) is a native utility token designed to support the operation of the Gate ecosystem and maintain the consensus security of the Gate Chain public blockchain. As a critical value medium bridging centralized services and decentralized infrastructure, GT possesses core economic characteristics such as a fixed total supply, dynamic burn logic, and multi-scenario incentive mechanisms.

Ripple is a global fintech company focused on building the “Internet of Value,” with a core mission to modernize cross border payments through blockchain technology. XRP is the native asset of the XRP Ledger (XRPL), a key component of the Ripple ecosystem.

Web4 is an ultra intelligent environment capable of sensing, understanding, and predicting user needs in real time. It is not only decentralized, but also highly autonomous and equipped with emotional understanding, forming a symbiotic ecosystem. Humans shift from being direct operators to designers and boundary setters, while on-chain AI agents become the primary actors.

Web3 and Web4 are both widely used to describe blueprints for the next stage of the internet, and they are therefore often compared side by side. While the two share surface level similarities in reshaping digital relationships, enhancing user sovereignty, and improving interaction experiences, they differ significantly in their underlying drivers, data processing logic, and risk structures.

Ripple is a global fintech company focused on building the “Internet of Value,” with a core mission of transforming cross border payments through blockchain technology. XRP is the native asset of the XRP Ledger (XRPL), a key component of the Ripple ecosystem.

Ripple and SWIFT are the two core systems in the global cross-border payments space. They are often viewed as a competition between decentralized settlement infrastructure and traditional financial messaging networks. While both enable the movement of value across borders at a surface level, they differ fundamentally in underlying architecture, settlement speed, cost structure, and compliance design.

Monad is a high performance, low latency EVM compatible Layer1 blockchain designed to dramatically increase throughput and confirmation speed while preserving full Ethereum Virtual Machine compatibility. Rather than relying on Layer2 scaling or modular designs, Monad fundamentally restructures both the execution and consensus layers. Through parallel transaction execution, an optimized BFT consensus mechanism, and an asynchronous block processing model, it delivers architectural level performance breakthroughs beyond traditional public chains.

Solana Seeker is a second generation Web3 smartphone launched by the mobile division under Solana Labs. It is not only a piece of hardware, but also a mobile ecosystem engine that integrates the Seed Vault security architecture and the SKR token incentive mechanism. Officially, it is positioned as “Solana in your pocket,” aiming to drive large scale Web3 adoption through low barrier mobile interactions.

Solana Seeker is a second generation Web3 smartphone launched by the mobile division under Solana Labs. It is not only a piece of hardware, but also a mobile ecosystem engine that integrates the Seed Vault security architecture and the SKR token incentive mechanism.