Honestly it is one of those pivots that actually makes sense when you sit down and think about where the tech is going. Moving from just being an NFT marketplace to building an entire Layer 1 ecosystem is a massive leap and it feels like they finally found their actual soul in the process.
I used to get so frustrated with the high fees on other chains like it felt like you were paying a tax just to exist in the digital space. When the team decided to transition to Vanar they werent just changing a name or a logo on a website. They were trying to solve that specific friction that keeps my normal friends away from crypto. It is kind of weird to think about how much energy we used to waste on transactions too. Seeing them lean so hard into being carbon neutral makes me feel a bit better about spending hours looking at digital assets.
I wonder if the transition was scary for the original community members because change is always messy and loud. But looking at it now the speed and the way things just flow feels different. It is like they took all the lessons from the early days of digital collectibles and baked them into the actual foundation of the chain. It doesnt feel like a cold piece of tech anymore. It feels like a space that was actually built for entertainment and people who just want things to work without needing a degree in computer science. I guess that is what happens when a project grows up and realizes it has a bigger purpose than just being a trend. It is about staying power and I think they are finally on the right track for that.
