When we think of competition for @Walrus 🦭/acc , we name other cross-chain bridging projects. That's a mistake. The real, long-term competition is centralized exchanges (CEXs).
For the average user, moving assets from Chain A to Chain B is often easiest by: sending to Binance/Coinbase -> selling -> withdrawing to new chain. It's a terrible user experience with multiple fees and tax events, but it's familiar and feels "safe."
For $WAL to achieve mass adoption, @walrusprotocol must compete on the user experience trinity: Security, Simplicity, and Cost.
· Security: Must be demonstrably as safe as a CEX (through audits and insurance) or safer (non-custodial).
· Simplicity: The swap interface must be as easy as a CEX withdrawal.
· Cost: Total fees must be consistently lower than the CEX deposit/trade/withdrawal combo.
Winning against other decentralized protocols is step one. Winning the mindshare and trust of users who default to CEXes is the ultimate victory for the $WAL ecosystem. That's the mainstream adoption play. #walrus
