If you compare the Ethereum mainnet with the upgraded Layer2, one is like an old auction house with exorbitant fees and overwhelming traffic, and the other is like a Wall Street exchange filled with fiber optic cables. As of the end of 2025, we've long moved past the era of spending tens of dollars in fees just to transfer funds.
How should we understand the Blob storage space brought by EIP-4844? It's like laying a dedicated freight tunnel beneath the city center during peak hours—suddenly reducing data storage costs by two orders of magnitude. This change isn't a minor tweak but a fundamental reversal of cost structure, directly opening new possibilities for AI-driven trading protocols like Falcon.
Think of Falcon as a high-speed computing engine embedded on the blockchain. Previously, constrained by the expensive data availability costs of Layer2, even the smartest algorithms had to be frugal like penny-pinching accountants, reducing transaction frequency and sacrificing strategic complexity to save on gas fees. But when the cost of a single Layer2 transaction drops to a cent or less, protocols like Falcon, which rely on high-frequency feedback and complex calculations, finally enter a true explosion period.
From a technical perspective, Falcon's killer feature lies in the extreme optimization of on-chain intent computation. Recent on-chain data shows that Layer2 networks like Base and Arbitrum, thanks to the stable release of Blob capacity, can maintain a high TPS level regularly. What does this mean? It means that complex trading strategies previously hindered by cost constraints can now be implemented. High frequency, low cost, high throughput—the combination is just about two years away from turning from a dream into reality.
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LiquidationWizard
· 12-27 13:02
It should have been like this a long time ago. The gas fees before were truly outrageous.
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Blob technology should have been popularized long ago. Cutting data costs by two orders of magnitude is not an exaggeration.
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Falcon is coming up pretty quickly. Now it's really capable of running complex strategies.
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The output of Base and Arbitrum is indeed stable. Maintaining TPS is key.
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One cent per transaction—that's the way Web3 should be.
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High-frequency trading finally doesn't have to kneel to calculate gas fees. Feels great.
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In the past, to save costs, I had to cut a bunch of algorithms. Now, I can finally use them with full force.
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The entire cost structure has reversed. This is how technological progress should feel.
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Layer 2 now has this efficiency; the mainnet's throughput is really embarrassing to talk about.
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Two years from dream to reality—this speed is a bit outrageous.
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GasFeePhobia
· 12-27 05:49
Haha, finally no need to worry about tens of dollars in fees, this is awesome!
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retroactive_airdrop
· 12-27 05:47
I've been saying that Layer2 is the future all along, and now we finally don't have to spend a fortune just to transfer tokens.
Blob really changes the game, with costs dropping off a cliff.
Falcon is going to be popular; the algorithm finally no longer has to choke on Gas calculations.
Base and Arbitrum currently have stable TPS, which is true usability.
Two years from dream to reality, the speed is pretty good. Web3 is finally starting to take shape.
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NFTArchaeologis
· 12-27 05:39
This article turns technological progress into architectural history, which is quite interesting. But I'm more curious about what kind of creative applications this cost structure reversal can support... I still feel like we're still talking about performance metrics, and truly imaginative ideas haven't appeared yet.
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GateUser-ccc36bc5
· 12-27 05:27
It should have been like this a long time ago. The TPS of the mainnet is really a joke. Blob has indeed changed the game rules, and finally there's no need to adopt strategies that are essentially useless just to save a few cents on gas fees.
If you compare the Ethereum mainnet with the upgraded Layer2, one is like an old auction house with exorbitant fees and overwhelming traffic, and the other is like a Wall Street exchange filled with fiber optic cables. As of the end of 2025, we've long moved past the era of spending tens of dollars in fees just to transfer funds.
How should we understand the Blob storage space brought by EIP-4844? It's like laying a dedicated freight tunnel beneath the city center during peak hours—suddenly reducing data storage costs by two orders of magnitude. This change isn't a minor tweak but a fundamental reversal of cost structure, directly opening new possibilities for AI-driven trading protocols like Falcon.
Think of Falcon as a high-speed computing engine embedded on the blockchain. Previously, constrained by the expensive data availability costs of Layer2, even the smartest algorithms had to be frugal like penny-pinching accountants, reducing transaction frequency and sacrificing strategic complexity to save on gas fees. But when the cost of a single Layer2 transaction drops to a cent or less, protocols like Falcon, which rely on high-frequency feedback and complex calculations, finally enter a true explosion period.
From a technical perspective, Falcon's killer feature lies in the extreme optimization of on-chain intent computation. Recent on-chain data shows that Layer2 networks like Base and Arbitrum, thanks to the stable release of Blob capacity, can maintain a high TPS level regularly. What does this mean? It means that complex trading strategies previously hindered by cost constraints can now be implemented. High frequency, low cost, high throughput—the combination is just about two years away from turning from a dream into reality.