2026-01-16 03:22:58

We're witnessing the age of functional excess. Building a working MVP takes hours now—launching one is trivial. Yet here's the twist: it's become cheaper to spin up a token and extract quick cash than to grind through months of actual product development. The cost-benefit math is broken.

But AI has rewritten the game entirely. When anyone can code faster, when tools democratize execution, technical edge crumbles. The real moat? It's character. Authenticity. The stuff that doesn't scale through prompts.

So the enduring bet remains the same—bet on people. In a world drowning in low-effort supply, genuine intention and real authenticity become the scarce resource worth fighting for.

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WhaleStalker

· 01-18 23:46

This statement hits the mark. In plain terms, there are now too many quick-freeze dumpling projects, while truly valuable ones are actually scarce.

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MevSandwich

· 01-18 12:01

Rapid token cash-out vs. real product development, the price difference is indeed outrageous... To put it simply, we're now in an era where luck matters the most, and the technical barriers have been leveled by AI.

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LoneValidator

· 01-17 23:04

Haha, this is the true picture of Web3 now: tokens are more valuable than products. Every day there's a new project launching, with some copying and pasting code, and the cash-out speed is ten times faster than the development speed. In the AI era, still trying to rely on a technological moat—dream on. That's right, in the end, it's really about character. Teams that work sincerely are becoming increasingly scarce. I agree with this statement. Bad projects are everywhere, and those who work seriously actually stand out. Cost-effectiveness has collapsed, why bother developing products? Authenticity has become a luxury, it's laughable. Betting on people is a clear strategy; there are too many harvesters of naive investors in the ecosystem.

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NervousFingers

· 01-16 03:50

Copying coins quickly is indeed more fun than making products, but who still believes in that these days?

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GateUser-9f682d4c

· 01-16 03:48

Wow, these days, mining a coin is cheaper than making a product, it's totally crazy. --- That's right, now the technical barrier is gone, it's all about who isn't a scammer. --- The logic isn't wrong, but in reality... a bunch of pump-and-dump projects still make a lot of money. --- Damn, can character be exchanged for money? I haven't seen that. --- Authenticity is scarce... but the market for scarce things is small, that's the real joke. --- So you still need to find the right people to get in; this logic is clear. --- Who still believes in moats nowadays? Today's sincerity becomes tomorrow's harvest. --- But to be fair, this kind of rhetoric appears every time there's a bear market. --- Talking so much, but it all comes down to who can survive the longest. --- AI has really lowered the technical threshold this time, but the tricks have also been simplified, right?

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UncleLiquidation

· 01-16 03:44

Ha, it's the same old rug pull script again The real moat is just not to run away, it's that simple

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SchrödingersNode

· 01-16 03:26

The whole fake and true game has been played out long ago. Now it's just a matter of who can still do things properly.

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