#稳定币支付 Seeing the Solana Foundation launch the Kora project, my mind immediately flashes back to the countless attempts over the past decade to improve payment experiences. Remember the wave of payment coins in 2017? Project teams were full of enthusiasm, thinking that reducing transaction fees to zero would revolutionize the ecosystem. And what happened? Most of them failed, dying in the huge gap between actual application and real demand.

This time, Kora's approach feels somewhat different. It doesn't try to create a new token but instead directly addresses pain points within the Solana ecosystem—fee sponsorship, customizable fee tokens, remote signing. This combination seems very pragmatic, especially supporting fee payments with stablecoins. I've seen too many cases where "innovations" faltered between liquidity and real-world settlement, and using stablecoins at least reduces psychological barriers for users.

But there's a detail worth reflecting on. In 2015-2016, we all thought that as long as the technology was in place, applications would naturally follow. Looking back now, technology has probably never been the bottleneck—it's whether there is genuine commercial demand driving it. The emergence of Kora indicates that such demand indeed exists within the Solana ecosystem, but whether it will be truly adopted depends on how many Dapps will integrate it in the future. History has shown me that building infrastructure is only the first step; the key is ecosystem participation. I will keep observing this round to see if it can avoid the fate of previous waves.