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How should i start 🤔: I think many people are missing some things. This is not only about Mission 70 or about reducing inflation, even though reducing inflation is a good thing. The bigger issue is that Web3, outside our own market, is still widely seen as speculation, hype, or outright scam. And if we are honest, when $ICP launched in 2021, we did not yet have enough real products to seriously challenge that perception.
I am sorry to say it, but many ICP projects have had little to no real adoption. Most were used only inside the ecosystem, not by a broader audience. There are a few exceptions. @OpenChat has shown some traction. @caffeineai looks promising. Some DeFi projects are also solid. But overall, too many funded projects were not strong enough, not new enough, or simply not needed enough by the wider market.
That raises a difficult question: why were so many of these projects funded in the first place? In many cases, it was obvious they would struggle, because they were copies of existing ideas without a compelling reason for people outside the ecosystem to use them. If a product is not clearly better, clearly needed, or launched at the right time, it will fail no matter how much support it receives.
And this is not only an ICP problem. Much of Web3 has been shaped by imitation, speculation, and marketing without substance. Meme coin culture and low-quality hype have damaged the reputation of the entire space. That is exactly why moving beyond the old Web3 framing is so important.
Timing matters. The right product at the right time can change everything. And I think @dfinity is moving in a better direction now with CE, AI, and products that can solve real-world problems.
The timing may actually be better now than ever before. AI is getting stronger every year. Cybersecurity is becoming a central issue. Trust in large tech companies is weakening. Geopolitical tensions are increasing. All of this creates an opportunity for infrastructure and products that are secure, sovereign, efficient, and actually useful.
That is why I think Mission 70 should be seen as a booster, not as the foundation. Reducing inflation can help. Better tokenomics can help. But none of that replaces real adoption. You cannot justify a high cycle burn rate without products that the wider population or real institutions actually need. The foundation has to be products with genuine demand.
This is why Cloud Engine stands out to me. I believe it is one of the strongest products in the ICP ecosystem, and one of the most serious products in the broader blockchain space. I do not see any blockchain product at that level. Adoption may start slowly, especially with governments, because bureaucracy is high and decision-making is slow. But it does not need to start everywhere at once.
If a few companies adopt ICP based infrastructure, or if a few governments start using it and the results are clearly positive, that can create a scalable effect. At that point, @dfinity should invite those companies or government representatives to speak at tech conferences or at World Computer Day. They should explain what they built with Cloud Engine, why they chose it, how efficient and cost-effective it was, and what value it created for them. That kind of real customer validation is some of the best marketing possible. It is far more powerful when actual users explain the product than when the ecosystem only talks about itself.
If that happens, I think smart capital will notice first. Serious investors will see real adoption, real efficiency, and real market potential, and that is how larger amounts of money can begin flowing into ICP. That is how price appreciation becomes sustainable: not through empty hype, but through visible success.
After that, retail will follow. That can create hype, but this time the foundation is build on actually on products and not only tech it self.
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