Many people only focus on 'Gas drop to zero', but overlook another larger trend: data costs are also dropping to zero.

This is the key to whether Web3, AI, and DePIN can be implemented on a large scale.

Looking back at the past few years, Solana, Sui, and various L2s have pushed Gas to almost invisible levels, but when applications truly want to go on-chain, they find themselves stuck in another pit - storage is too expensive and too short-lived.
Storing a few hundred KB on Ethereum can cost tens of thousands of dollars. Blobs are cheaper, but they expire in a few weeks.
AI, DePIN, NFT, and memecoin are high-frequency applications that simply can't afford this kind of "temporary on-chain".

But @irys_xyz thinks completely differently.
It is not about creating an external "cheap storage", but rather directly integrating storage and execution into a single chain.
Developers can not only store data but also directly call it in the contract. The dual ledger structure allows uploads to be as fast as flash delivery, and the data is permanently retrievable, verifiable, and not lost.

In simple terms, Irys is turning "on-chain data" from a one-time consumable into a truly sustainable asset.
The logic behind this is also simple: the revolution of Gas solves the question of "who can use the chain", while the revolution of data solves the question of "what can the chain do".

So when I look at Irys now, it's like when I looked at Solana or Arweave back then —
One compresses costs in terms of speed, and the other opens up imagination in terms of data.
Gas drop to zero is just the starting point, data drop to zero (cost and friction) is the next consensus.
And the pioneers of this new track have already seen it clearly in Irys.

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