For years, Web3 has been obsessed with one metric: Transactions Per Second (TPS). It was the go-to badge of honor. Fast chains won headlines. Slow chains faced ridicule. And in the race to build scalable infrastructure, “faster” became synonymous with “better.”
But the world has changed. And Web3 hasn’t kept up.
Why TPS Was the Old Gold Standard
In the early days of Bitcoin and Ethereum, speed was everything. Bitcoin processed roughly 7 transactions per second, while Ethereum hovered around 15–30. This bottleneck created scalability debates that gave rise to Layer-2s, alternative Layer-1s, and even custom consensus models, all optimized for throughput.
What followed was a Layer-1 arms race:
Who could process the most transactions?
Who had the shortest block times?
Who could match Visa?
It was all about volume and velocity. But that mindset belongs to a pre-AI world.
Then Came Intelligence
The launch of ChatGPT in 2022 marked a cultural shift. Millions of users experienced, for the first time, what software could understand. It didn’t just execute commands. It reasoned. Composed. Responded with context.
And just like that, speed was no longer the benchmark. Intelligence was.
Users now expect systems to:
Predict needs.
Understand intent.
Adapt to behavior.
This isn’t just about chatbots. This is about the internet itself. So why is Web3 still stuck measuring TPS?
Smart ≠ Intelligent
It’s time we stop conflating “smart contracts” with actual intelligence.
Smart contracts are deterministic. They follow hardcoded rules.
Intelligent infrastructure is contextual. It can interpret, evolve, and reason with data.
Think of it like this:
A smart contract is a calculator.
An intelligent system is a thinking assistant.
One runs formulas.
The other understands what the formula is for.
Vanar believes this is the critical evolution. Web3 doesn’t need more speed, it needs cognition.
TPS Doesn’t Matter If Your App Can’t Think
Most applications today still rely on humans to bridge context:
“Check this address, then that one, then compare outputs…”
“Use off-chain oracles to interpret what’s on-chain…”
This isn’t scalable. Not for DeFi. Not for DAOs. Not for AI-native agents.
If we want real automation, semantic interoperability, and intelligent applications, we need chains that understand, not just store.
That’s where Vanar comes in.
From Transactions to Thoughts Per Second
Vanar isn’t optimizing for transactions per second. It’s rethinking what a blockchain can be.
Instead of building a faster engine, Vanar is building a smarter brain:
Storage that isn’t passive, but programmable.
Logic that isn’t static, but adaptive.
Identity that isn’t an address, but a semantic profile.
We call it "Thoughts Per Second" because that’s what will power the next internet.
The New Meta Is Here
The age of transactional flexing is over.
It’s not about how fast your chain moves.
It’s about how smart it becomes.
Vanar isn’t chasing the meta.
It’s shaping the next one.
