For all the L2/appchains out there, below the true cost of running a (even semi successful) blockchain (all USD Mio.);

#Oracles , #Stablecoins : 7.5 upfront, 3.5 annual

RPCs, Indexing, Dashboards: 0.2 upfront, 0.7 annual

VRFs, Keepers, Wallet-Support, Governance: 0.5 annual

Explorers, Custody, Risk management: 0.8 annual

Total: 13.2

The above is just for Sonic. Here are our cost centers for the last year;

R&D: 10.9

Eco: 10.7

Legal: 4.1

Compliance: 3.8

Infra: 2.4

Marketing: 1.4

Bounties: 1.2

Sponsorship: 0.4

Media: 0.35

Regulatory: 0.2

Events: 0.1

Total: 35.6

(The above does not include exchange listings, which fortunately, we did not need to do this year) - #andrecronje