Why generalized blockchains are dying and Stripe is building its own payment chain
“So Well, it's like a a total trend of vertical integration anyway.”
they're not the first to do it. I don't think they'll be the last. But I think as we go forward, we're gonna see a lot more of these, like, specific chains for a specific purpose and, like, these generalized chains that are just, like, do whatever you want on this, because I think those days are kind of over. So Well, it's like a a total trend of vertical integration anyway. Right? Like, it's you you know, you wanna own as much of the stack as you can. Right?
Stripe has its own chain. Right? Yeah. So Stripe has Tempo,
which is a payments chain. I believe it's also in Testnet right now. They announced it last year. And I just, like, wrote about Stripe today on my x account because, like, they announced their 2025
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The speakers discuss the shift from general-purpose blockchains to specialized chains built for specific use cases, using Stripe's Tempo payments chain as an example. They argue this represents a broader trend toward vertical integration in crypto, where companies want to own more of their technology stack rather than relying on multipurpose platforms.
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This clip captures a significant trend prediction about the future architecture of blockchain technology and crypto infrastructure.
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