I’ll be honest — I used to think crypto rewards whoever attracts the most users.
More wallets.
More activity.
More growth.
That seemed like the obvious formula.
But the more I watch different ecosystems, the more I think user growth is often misleading.
I’ve seen projects attract huge numbers and still fade.
I’ve seen activity spike and disappear weeks later.
So now I look at something else.
Dependency.
If a protocol disappeared tomorrow, would anyone actually notice?
Would builders need to replace it?
Would users lose something important?
Because growth is easy to celebrate.
Dependency is harder to earn.
Without dependency, activity is temporary.
That’s partly why I’ve been paying attention to $BR .
Not because of the headline metrics.
But because infrastructure becomes valuable when other systems start relying on it.
Still early.
Still a lot to prove.
But the strongest networks won’t be the ones with the most users.
They’ll be the ones the ecosystem can’t easily function without.
