Solana's inflation rate has dramatically declined from 8% to 4.9% over 600 epochs, indicating a carefully designed monetary policy to reduce token supply expansion. The network's stake ratio experienced significant volatility, dropping from 0.77 to 0.66 between epochs 350-400, with wild fluctuations suggesting shifts in staking dynamics. Ethereum dramatically outpaces Solana in Total Value Locked (TVL) per active user, consistently hovering around $250,000-$385,000 USD compared to Solana's $3,800-$7,125 range, highlighting a substantial disparity in capital efficiency.