These days, I keep seeing discussions about royalties in the secondary market, feeling like someone has unscrewed the creator's thermos so everyone can smell it: some say "voluntary is fine," others say "if you don't charge, it will cool off."

What I actually care more about is the emotional turning point during that liquidity shock—when everyone gets nervous, they first cut costs, and royalties become the first baggage to be thrown off the train.

The group is still talking about stablecoin regulation, reserve audits, and de-pegging rumors... that atmosphere is very similar: uncertainty from the start, everyone wants everything to be "verifiable and exit-able."
Honestly, the royalty dispute isn't a moral issue; it's a trust structure issue: who on the platform, buyer, or creator makes promises, and what kind of promises are they?
Anyway, I’m not really listening to slogans when I look at projects now; I first want to see if they clearly explain their plan to "survive without royalties."
If they haven't explained it clearly, no matter how good it looks, I’ll just keep it as a vase.