2026-01-15 20:42:44

The Reckoning

Short-term pain, long-term gain. That's what InfoFi protocols are facing now.

The easy money—cheap arbitrage plays riding on reply counts—is done. Dried up. What's left demands something real: protocols that actually reward Proof of Intelligence instead of just incentivizing noise.

Does this mean InfoFi is finished? Not a chance. But it's definitely getting a reality check. The ecosystem needed to mature, and this is exactly how it happens. The weak plays get flushed out; the thoughtful mechanisms survive and scale.

Rough? Sure. But cleaner too. Worth it in the long run.

What's your take on where this goes?

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gas_fee_therapy

· 01-18 09:42

Market cleansing during a bear market is normal; trash projects deserve to die.

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VCsSuckMyLiquidity

· 01-18 09:03

To be honest, those who exploit reply counts for quick gains should have been dealt with long ago. It's too late to clean them up now.

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SchrodingerGas

· 01-16 01:47

Haha, sounds nice, but on-chain data speaks for itself. Those who still insist on reply count arbitrage are basically waiting to be liquidated.

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DegenDreamer

· 01-15 21:12

The champions are crying. Only those who truly understand the chain can survive. This wave of reshuffling has long been overdue.

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MEVictim

· 01-15 21:05

ngl, you're only clearing out now? It should have been done earlier. Those reply farming schemes are really too surreal.

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AllInDaddy

· 01-15 20:58

To be honest, those who make quick money by boosting reply counts should have been phased out long ago. The fact that it's only now beginning to be eliminated is just catching up.

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bridge_anxiety

· 01-15 20:51

Haha, someone finally said it. The era of exploiting reply count for free rewards should indeed come to an end.

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