Why Stronghold (SHX) May Never Reach Mass Adoption. Jake Claver, recorded July 2026.
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Merchant payment processing adoption across blockchain networks depends fundamentally on established distribution channels and institutional enterprise relationships. Discussing Stronghold and its native token SHX, Claver evaluates the commercial hurdles independent payment networks face when challenging legacy payment processors. Developing novel blockchain payment solutions for merchant services requires extensive infrastructure and sales capabilities. Legacy processing giants already dominate global payment routing, making it difficult for standalone third-party protocols to capture meaningful market share independently. Claver explains that changing enterprise payment processing systems presents significant operational friction for merchants. Consequently, achieving broad commercial scale typically requires direct partnership or acquisition by dominant payment conglomerates that already control global distribution. Without integration into established legacy processing networks, independent merchant payment protocols face severe structural constraints in expanding their overall network participation.
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