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Network Effects Meaning

Network effects describe a phenomenon where a product or service gains additional value as more people use it. This is the single most important concept for understanding the valuation of cryptocurrencies. This relationship is often quantified by Metcalfe's Law.

For Bitcoin, the network effect is its "Moat." Even if a new cryptocurrency is technologically superior (faster, cheaper), it is incredibly difficult to displace Bitcoin because Bitcoin has the most users, the most miners, the most liquidity, and the most merchant adoption. A currency that no one else accepts has zero utility, regardless of its speed.

In the "Smart Contract Wars" (Ethereum vs. Solana vs.

Others), network effects are visible in developer activity. Developers build DApps on Ethereum because that's where the users (and the money) are.

Users go to Ethereum because that's where the DApps are. This "Flywheel" creates a formidable barrier to entry for new competing blockchains.

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