Ethereum: The Underrated "Infrastructure Maniac" Will Ultimately Make a Comeback!

As the market is dominated by Bitcoin's "digital gold" and the meme frenzy of Solana, Ethereum is like a low-key engineer, quietly "building bridges and paving roads" in the world of code. Its price may be temporarily sluggish, but if you open its "construction blueprint", you will find that a "fundamental revolution" that will disrupt the crypto world has quietly begun.
Farewell to the "cut network" Stone Age
Have you ever experienced the tragedy of sending ETH to an Arbitrum address by mistake? Ethereum developers have finally made a move! Two new standards – ERC-7930 (machine-friendly addresses) and ERC-7828 (human-friendly addresses) – will put an end to cross-chain chaos. 0xabc123@eth. 0xabc123@arb: In the future, your wallet address will have its own "chain logo", and sending coins is as simple as sending an email to choose a domain name
Unified Interface Protocol:
DApps and browsers do not require manual network switching, truly realizing "one wallet to rule them all." This is not only a technical optimization but also the underlying language standard for Ethereum's construction of a "multi-chain universe."
Layer2's Clear Stream Experiment
While most L2s are busy issuing tokens and grabbing land, a Layer 2 project named R1 has emerged, focusing on "three no's" - no tokens, no venture capital, no pre-mining, purely driven by community donations.
Protest or Ideal? The R1 team stated: "Most of the current L2s have become 'independent kingdoms', deviating from the original intention of scaling Ethereum.
Technological Utopia: Although the commercial prospects are questionable, R1 is like an "open-source love letter", reminding the industry that true scalability should not be hijacked by capital. The Pectra upgrade of Ethereum will also make L2 more efficient and nodes lighter through technologies such as Verkle trees and statelessness.
On-chain voting by traditional giants
When retail investors chase altcoins, giants like BlackRock, Fidelity, and Deutsche Bank have already bet on Ethereum's RWA (Real World Asset on-chain) track: $1 billion in real estate tokenization: Blocksquare's collaboration with Vera Capital directly anchors to the Ethereum chain, and institutions are focused on its compliance and stability.
Speed ≠ Everything: Although Solana is fast and Sui is cheap, when it comes to legal audits and integration with traditional systems, Ethereum's "established reputation" and mature ecosystem are the preferred choice for institutions.
Data speaks: The tokenized asset market size has exceeded $21 billion, with a growth rate of 57%, and Ethereum is the biggest winner. Pectra upgrade:
The "Infrastructure Exam" on May 7: On May 7, the price was sluggish behind the backdrop of Ethereum's "foundation engineering" accelerating. On May 7, the Pectra upgrade will enter its final sprint, with key upgrades including: Blob expansion: further reducing L2 costs and solidifying the "Rollup-centric" approach. Staking reform: EIP-7251 allows single nodes to stake 2048 ETH (originally 32 ETH), attracting large institutions; EIP-7002 allows users to bypass malicious operators and directly withdraw staked assets.
Security and Efficiency: Technologies such as light client validation and historical data cleanup significantly lower the operational threshold for nodes.
Long-termism gamble: Price VS Value
Yes, the Ethereum mainnet revenue is declining, but it is transferring value to L2 - the Layer 2 trading volume has hit a historic high. Solana is booming due to meme coins, but Ethereum has "positioned" itself for the next decade with RWA and cross-chain standards.
Conclusion
The patience during the "paving period": Just like the early internet building fiber optics, Ethereum is focused on "installing wires and fixing interfaces" rather than speculating on short-term hotspots.
The price's anti-fragility: Despite the crash this year, the Pectra upgrade, RWA explosion, and institutional influx may make ETH the "dark horse" of the next cycle.
The story of Ethereum has never been a "myth of skyrocketing prices," but rather a marathon of "code infrastructure." While the market cheers for the fireworks of Solana, it chooses to lower its head and build the road. And history tells us: what truly changes the world is often the silent forces that are overshadowed by noise.
Long-termism is not a slogan, it is built line by line of code." - A tribute to all Ethereum builders.