[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Fishy Catfish [@CatfishFishy](/creator/twitter/CatfishFishy) on x 11.9K followers Created: 2025-07-05 22:13:07 UTC The "token not needed" meme is an entirely obsolete way to think about Chainlink. Why? Because they built a payment abstraction layer (PAL) to convert any form of value into LINK tokens. So, the token isn't needed *by design* to make it as *easy* as possible for end users, applications, TradFi institutions, to pay in all sorts of different ways: Bank accounts, stablecoins, other gas tokens, credit cards, whatever. Any of it can become LINK. That is simply about removing payment friction. The easier it is to pay for something, the easier it is to get people to actually pay for it. Therefore, the goal of the token isn't to make it *needed* in the context of how the protocol functions by shoehorning in extra, clunky steps. The goal is to make the token *wanted* purely from the perspective of the eventual value distribution it gets from the protocol being widely adopted. See this post from @ChainLinkGod: The end-state for crypto tokens is protocol equity. A digital asset that serves as a claim on the future positive cash flows of a blockchain-based protocol. That’s it, this is how tokens accrue value, no ponzinomics or mental gymnastics required. XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [alternative investment](/topic/alternative-investment) [protocol](/topic/protocol) [pal](/topic/pal) [token](/topic/token) [chainlink](/topic/chainlink) [coins defi](/topic/coins-defi) [coins made in usa](/topic/coins-made-in-usa) [coins bsc](/topic/coins-bsc) [Post Link](https://x.com/CatfishFishy/status/1941621388470608135)
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Fishy Catfish @CatfishFishy on x 11.9K followers
Created: 2025-07-05 22:13:07 UTC
The "token not needed" meme is an entirely obsolete way to think about Chainlink. Why?
Because they built a payment abstraction layer (PAL) to convert any form of value into LINK tokens.
So, the token isn't needed by design to make it as easy as possible for end users, applications, TradFi institutions, to pay in all sorts of different ways:
Bank accounts, stablecoins, other gas tokens, credit cards, whatever. Any of it can become LINK.
That is simply about removing payment friction. The easier it is to pay for something, the easier it is to get people to actually pay for it.
Therefore, the goal of the token isn't to make it needed in the context of how the protocol functions by shoehorning in extra, clunky steps.
The goal is to make the token wanted purely from the perspective of the eventual value distribution it gets from the protocol being widely adopted.
See this post from @ChainLinkGod:
The end-state for crypto tokens is protocol equity.
A digital asset that serves as a claim on the future positive cash flows of a blockchain-based protocol.
That’s it, this is how tokens accrue value, no ponzinomics or mental gymnastics required.
XXXXXX engagements
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