Alliance DAO co-founder: It's hard to convince myself to hold L1 tokens for the long term because there is no "moat."

Alliance DAO co-founder QwQiao stated on social media, "The reason I find it hard to convince myself to hold L1 public chain tokens long-term is not because their price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios are high, but because they lack a moat. Without a moat, they will be commoditized and unable to capture meaningful value.

Nowadays, users can easily transfer across chains. Aside from a few complex smart contracts, most application developers can quickly migrate from one chain to another. Moreover, launching a new chain is easier than ever before. The switching costs of blockchain are far less than those of infrastructure like AWS.

The only way I currently see chains strengthening their moats is by verticalizing and controlling the application layer. My observation is that chains like Solana, Base, and Hyperliquid have already come to this conclusion and are actively pushing forward. Of course, emerging enterprise chains like Tempo are doing the same.

There is almost no doubt about the exponential growth of the crypto industry, but the best way to express this view is to bet on the application layer."