Hope they will fix the downtime. If they release a node relay which consumers can use without running big setups, that will be a massive win. Like how people can run a node on a raspberry Pi with Bitcoin.
Solana (SOL) Labs Work to Balance Network After Mainnet Beta Outage
https://dailycoin.com/solana-labs-work-to-balance-network-after-mainnet-beta-outage/
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I wonder if Ethereum will be king because of the network effect it has. Or Solana will become top dog because of the fees. $7 Eth vs $0.002 SOL is not a hard choice when it comes to day to day transactions on a L1 chain.