Unichain: Confirmation of the GP Performant Chain Thesis

Yesterday, Uniswap announced Unichain. Off the bat, a lot of people took this as a confirmation of the “appchain thesis” and that appchains are due to proliferate. However, this take is wrong. Unichain is not an appchain. Unichain is Uniswap, the brand, launching a performant general purpose chain. It is the antithesis of an appchain, it just happens to be created by a team that i