ARC was already planning to copy RH by late July, but the first day it smashed the cards it was playing.
RH wasn’t made by Vlad shouting out trades at the start to pump a Meme. Instead, the market ran first: projects competed with each other, money made profits on-chain, the profit effect spread, and founders came out to fan the flames. It grew bottom-up.
What about ARC? On day one, the official and the founders were already in a rush to platform the Meme, afraid others wouldn’t know it wanted to replicate RH. Recently it also took on Fomo, hoping to use big-name influencers to kick off a cold start by selling it. I’m still not optimistic. Fomo can bring attention, but it can’t bring incremental capital. To keep people on the chain, you need a group of well-funded, good-at-trading, mechanism-savvy Devs who first build a sustainable profit effect. Once the effect kicks in, liquidity, users, and more Devs will naturally follow. The official only needs to endorse at key moments, light the fuse, and amplify the trend.
RH is the prototype: Cash Cat broke into the spotlight; after Noxa ran away, PONS took over; after PONS paused for a week, STONKBROKER stepped in as the next relay. Every time it looks like it’s about to fail, there’s always a coin to rescue the situation. Profit effect, liquidity, and Devs pushing each other—together they run a positive feedback loop.
Big-name Fomo influencers can bring ARC short-term traffic, and cold-start traffic can help. But ultimately it comes down to whether there are capable Devs who can lead people to make money, and keep them there. When the official decides to ignite things, and how the Devs coordinate to cooperate—those are the big tests.
In plain terms: leave professional work to professionals.
RH wasn’t made by Vlad shouting out trades at the start to pump a Meme. Instead, the market ran first: projects competed with each other, money made profits on-chain, the profit effect spread, and founders came out to fan the flames. It grew bottom-up.
What about ARC? On day one, the official and the founders were already in a rush to platform the Meme, afraid others wouldn’t know it wanted to replicate RH. Recently it also took on Fomo, hoping to use big-name influencers to kick off a cold start by selling it. I’m still not optimistic. Fomo can bring attention, but it can’t bring incremental capital. To keep people on the chain, you need a group of well-funded, good-at-trading, mechanism-savvy Devs who first build a sustainable profit effect. Once the effect kicks in, liquidity, users, and more Devs will naturally follow. The official only needs to endorse at key moments, light the fuse, and amplify the trend.
RH is the prototype: Cash Cat broke into the spotlight; after Noxa ran away, PONS took over; after PONS paused for a week, STONKBROKER stepped in as the next relay. Every time it looks like it’s about to fail, there’s always a coin to rescue the situation. Profit effect, liquidity, and Devs pushing each other—together they run a positive feedback loop.
Big-name Fomo influencers can bring ARC short-term traffic, and cold-start traffic can help. But ultimately it comes down to whether there are capable Devs who can lead people to make money, and keep them there. When the official decides to ignite things, and how the Devs coordinate to cooperate—those are the big tests.
In plain terms: leave professional work to professionals.