I’ll be honest when I first heard about VanarChain, I mentally filed it under “another L1.” Fast, scalable, innovative… I’ve read that script too many times. After a while, new chains blur together. Everyone promises future utility. Few show present relevance.
What made me pause wasn’t a whitepaper. It was the fact that products like Virtua and VGN Games Network already existed. They weren’t theoretical ecosystems waiting for builders. They were operating platforms with users, content, and activity. That shifted the frame for me.
Instead of asking, “What will this chain enable someday?” I found myself asking, “Is this chain being built to support what’s already happening?”
Vanar started to feel less like a speculative Layer 1 chasing narratives and more like backend infrastructure trying to unify digital products under one economic layer. That’s a different starting point. Infrastructure built around active platforms carries a different weight than infrastructure waiting for them.
Of course, existing products don’t automatically translate into ecosystem gravity. Bridging audiences into on chain behavior is harder than it sounds.
I’m cautiously optimistic. If Vanar can convert current traction into real composability and sustained on chain activity, it could matter. If not, it risks becoming another chain with good intentions and fragmented adoption.
