This chart framing is misleading. The question is how much each chain internalizes from the activity on top of it.
If we look at the HYPE-SOL pool on Meteora's DLMM over the past 24 hours:
- Total pool fees: $14.37K
- Meteora's cut (10% protocol fee): $1,437
Solana earns from transaction fees. That pool processed 10,856 swaps in the same window.
Solana's transaction costs over the past day:
- Average: $0.004166
- Median: $0.000485
Using Solana’s average transaction cost as a high-side proxy, those 10,856 swaps imply roughly $45 of chain-level fee capture. Using the median, it is closer to $5.
It also points to a broader monetization problem at the chain level. Over the past 4 quarters, Hyperliquid climbed from 21% to 33% of revenue share across major chains. Solana moved the opposite way, from 34% down to 20%. Solana the chain itself keeps very little of what those apps generate.