Heard Monthly Ethereum market sentiment (targeted prediction survey) - Round #1 results

Hey

We’re building Heard, a decision analytics platform for founders/teams: targeted surveys that help validate product + market decisions with real signal (not vibes).

One core mechanic is prediction format: respondents don’t just answer - they predict what the crowd will answer. It tends to reduce random clicking and makes the flow more engaging.

Why we’re doing it this way:

• More signal, less noise: prediction-style answers tend to be more deliberate than quick “vote-and-leave” polls.
• More engaging: it feels closer to a mini-game than a form, so people are more likely to finish it (and come back).
• Useful for market sentiment: you get both the “what I think” and the “what I think others think” angle, which is interesting for crypto.

Starting now, we’ll run a monthly Ethereum market sentiment survey to both:

1. understand how people feel about the market, and
2. dogfood / stress-test our product as we iterate.

Here are results:

Top picks:

• BTC in 12 months: 30–100% higher (58%)
• ETH in 12 months: 30–100% higher (58%)
• ETH’s main competitor: Solana (97%)
• ETH supply in 12 months: roughly flat / slightly deflationary (58%)
• Best-return narrative (12m): RWA (45%)
• Next breakout category: RWA (32%)
• Biggest founder bottleneck: distribution / real users (48%)
• Biggest adoption blocker: UX + onboarding (55%)

https://x.com/Heard_labs/status/2003833702212890907?s=20

Sample size is still small (we’ve only recently launched), so treat it as “early signal”, not definitive data. Still, a few findings might be interesting, and we’ll keep publishing monthly so trends become clearer over time.

If you have ideas for what questions we should include next month