Why do you always get anti-rolled? Why did the Lighter airdrop you spent half a day on get detected and flagged by the witch detection mechanism in the end?

This issue starts with the operational logic of the project team. After launching pre-market, they support token accumulation features, and then immediately begin to hunt down witch accounts—this method is indeed a bit harsh. Honestly, this approach can be somewhat understandable when dealing with studios; retail investors might even applaud when they see themselves being "protected." But they don’t even spare large fund accounts? This shows that the project team simply doesn’t take big investors seriously.

A project that neither respects studios nor big investors is basically just taking a quick profit and running. Moreover, those anti-rolling measures, to put it plainly, are just to protect the project team’s own positions.

Lighter claims to allocate 25% of tokens for airdrops, with a total market cap of around 3.5B, which is close to a 1B airdrop scale. From another perspective, if they didn’t use the witch detection mechanism to control participation, what’s the chance that the opening would be smashed through immediately? That’s the real consideration for the project team.

So why do you keep getting anti-rolled? Here are some common scenarios:

First, look at those previous projects—Aster, Hype, and similar huge successes. Many people only FOMOed into Lighter after seeing Aster’s pump. Thinking to make up for missing out, they ended up digging their own graves. There’s no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

Players who get anti-rolled usually share a common trait: either they chased the hype by blindly opening accounts after Aster’s crazy rise; or they’re willing to spend money on scripts when刷Lighter, but they don’t care about IP, position, or operational details. Even more absurd, some are willing to invest huge sums just for quantity, but completely ignore risk indicators like account deviation, multiple of amounts, or holding time, always fantasizing about soaring to the sky.

What’s the result? When facing generous project teams like Arb, Stark, or Aster, they can barely get by, but when encountering projects that are a bit “less professional,” they get wiped out instantly.

Let’s also look at Lighter’s own situation. With a current pre-market valuation of 3.5B, the opening price will definitely be very high. In comparison, Aster has Binance’s support and strategic considerations, with a valuation of only around 5.5B. The hype for PerpDex has already passed; if there was still hype, the pre-market valuation wouldn’t be so high. Instead of offending so many users, the project team might consider more pragmatic strategies.

In the end: an opening explosion and long-term decline are basically guaranteed. With a poor environment and fading hype, it’s hard to even escape.