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While the second point is true, (the first and third I can't comment on, and the fourth one is misleading), there are a few things this take does not consider: + The progress made on gateways: POKT Network is leading all other protocols in distributing access points! + Sure, only 2 were routing traffic the last quarter, but four more were announced (NOT "added"), with more in the pipeline — that's why it's a bit misleading to say no relay improvements, bc these four announced were not live in Q1 + The reason for depressed numbers is the turning off of subsidized traffic — this is good long-term, as the protocol has to attract true demand... but unfortunate in the short-term as it appears that demand has dropped... I'd say give it 2 quarters, even just 1 quarter, and we'll probably see relays shoot back up with the onboarding of new gateways. + As for Shannon, this is a wildly ambitious upgrade: Transition the whole network from a functioning, public, tendermint-based blockchain (iirc) to a completely new modular architecture using Celestia for DA/consensus and building its own execution layer. Software upgrades are already tough for centralized companies trying to be cognizant of downtime, i can't imagine doing this for a widely used and extremely decentralized RPC network. If POKT completes Shannon in Q2, I'd be surprised because of the gravity of the task, but i'd still bet my chips that it does — it's a highly capable team that's super community- and long-term-focused. + The idea of tier 1 exchange listings is to ⬆️ liquidity and probably the want for token price go up — but $POKT has been listed on crypto.com and i imagine the Fdn is in talks with even bigger CEXs + To add to the point, token price has roughly grown 500% since October (10x on some days the past month considering volatility) There's probably more i could say, just going off the dome now. Regardless, fair critiques, but let's remember the progress too, especially in the context of the ambition and the fact that POKT is pioneering distributed RPC architecture, a rare product where it's really the only protocol with that vision and executing it.