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What is the cultural chain?
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Simply put, Culture Chains is a blockchain with a cultural spirit - it is tailored for a specific community, subculture or movement. Unlike general-purpose L1s, which try to meet all needs or only run a single dapp, Culture Chains occupy a unique middle ground. They are playgrounds designed for people who share the same atmosphere or goals, accommodating multiple applications and serving specific communities.
From this definition, it can be said that each blockchain has its own culture. Ethereum is a blend of cypherpunk and institutional thinking, emphasizing decentralization, programmability, and neutrality. Solana is full of speed, chaos, and financial speculation, shaped by its high-throughput, low-cost architecture.
But the difference is that these cultural identities are more a byproduct of technical design than the result of deliberate shaping. General-purpose blockchains tend to spontaneously form a unique culture, while the core of cultural chains is that they are born for cultural economy at the protocol level. The real difference is intentional.
Imagine a blockchain where every dapp serves anime art collectors, hardcore degen players, RPG game enthusiasts, or fans of a specific NFT ecosystem. Users use the same jargon, rush to the same hot spots, and laugh at the same memes. It's more like a digital city-state running on the blockchain.
If the general public chain is more like a diverse but chaotic international metropolis, then the cultural chain is more like a theme park or a Renaissance fair - highly customized to precisely match the needs of a specific group of people. By focusing on a niche circle, it can be fully optimized in terms of technology, governance, token economy, etc. to better serve the values and needs of the community.
In essence, cultural chains are an evolution of the vertical blockchain concept: instead of trying to cover everything, they focus on a niche area. Their goal is to become the preferred blockchain in the field of X, where X represents a community or application scenario with cultural cohesion. The assumption of this idea is that focusing on a certain cultural circle can more effectively gather like-minded users and developers than general public chains, forming a stronger network effect. Their power comes from focus.
