The opportunity is to turn consumer-scale throughput into durable, predictable execution value that institutions and agents will pay for. The main risk is that monetization lags while competitors match the UX.

If Solana converts its high transaction velocity into materially higher, more predictable execution value (via better fee markets, reliability, and institutional access), SOL can re-rate from “high activity” to “real-time settlement infrastructure” as agents and tokenized finance scale.

Low-latency, low-cost settlement is leverage for an agent-heavy economy; the key is converting volume into durable value capture while maintaining reliability and decentralization.

Solana already shows consumer-scale throughput and deep liquidity, but today’s protocol value capture is still modest versus its network value. Over 5 years, the upside comes from (1) higher-quality, more predictable execution (reducing failed txs and congestion volatility), (2) more machine-originated demand (agents, trading automation, streaming payments), and (3) broader institutional wrappers that reduce “how do I access/stake this?” friction. If those land, Solana can grow protocol value capture much faster than token supply growth, supporting a durable re-rate even if retail-mania cycles cool.

The core risk is still “high activity, low capture”: Solana can dominate throughput while fees/REV remain too small relative to network value, limiting security budget and dampening rerating. Second-order risks: complex upgrades under load, validator economics driving centralization, and regulatory pressure around staking and tokenized financial products.

No fundamental change: the thesis still hinges on reliability + higher-quality execution value capture; recent client and market-structure progress modestly de-risks the path.

Starting valuation is higher versus the prior snapshot, but the revenue/REV ramp required for a durable rerate remains similar; net effect is a modestly tempered upside multiple.

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