This is one of the most level-headed writings I have read for sometime in Polkadot. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
I sometimes worry that we might be in cycle of collectively being anxious regarding Polkadot’s “perceived” (by the general crypto media) decline, especially in Market Cap, which leads to many people working too hard to “fix” it in hectic ways, which leads to either burnout or anger, which exacerbates the initial condition and the cycle continues. And this perhaps fuels a negative mentality around the ecosystem that often prevents peaceful collaboration.
Conflict is sometimes good, and needed, but as you put it, we should not lose sight of the fact that end of the day we are on the same team.
For what it is worth, I just shared in another thread why I think this is not a factor to be worried about. State of Polkadot - React or die - #17 by kianenigma. To rephrase, I am not saying that Polkadot can never fail, but I am saying if it does, it is not because of a number assigned to it in a chart which is mostly players of a different league in.
Another representation of “different league”:
Indeed, I strongly think that Polkadot has massive untapped potential and is moving the boundaries of what resilient Web3 technology can do, both in terms of application, and in terms of scalability.
I will commit here to formulating a few of these points (why I think Polkadot has potential) in a concise, easy-to-understand writeup for our community, either as a standalone blogpost like this, or as a playbook, like this.