$ICP icp can compete “wrist-to-wrist” with any public chain. If we imagine, at the foundational architecture level, the ability to innovate; the capability to serve the real world; and the strength of a long-term moat—then it really has the right to stand on the same ring and go head-to-head with any public chain. I’ve studied many public chains. Most of them first capture the crypto market, and only then try to spill over into the real world. The crypto market is the base business; it’s the traffic pool; it’s the first priority. KPIs include TVL, trading volume, the heat of “shitcoin” trends, stablecoin liquidity, and institutional buy/sell calls—real-world applications are just a “bonus narrative,” icing on the cake. But blockchain can’t be confined to this.
Yet ICP is the opposite: the goal from the very beginning is the real world, and the crypto circle is only one stop along the way. Different paths don’t make for cooperation; therefore, ICP can secure partnerships for national-level subnetworks in Switzerland and Pakistan, and a collaboration with UNDP (the United Nations Development Programme). It chose five countries for a one-year pilot, and partnered with the world’s top university in computer science, ranked #1. It went all-in on the underlying WASM. This path is destined to be arduous—but also the only way to break out and go mainstream.
Yet ICP is the opposite: the goal from the very beginning is the real world, and the crypto circle is only one stop along the way. Different paths don’t make for cooperation; therefore, ICP can secure partnerships for national-level subnetworks in Switzerland and Pakistan, and a collaboration with UNDP (the United Nations Development Programme). It chose five countries for a one-year pilot, and partnered with the world’s top university in computer science, ranked #1. It went all-in on the underlying WASM. This path is destined to be arduous—but also the only way to break out and go mainstream.