Lately I've been looking at PFPs and various "membership cards," honestly it’s quite similar to brands trying to find a presence in Web3: short-term relying on attention to make a splash, long-term it depends on what you can actually do in the group and whether your rights can be fulfilled. Otherwise, even a good-looking avatar is just for show, and in a couple of weeks, it’ll be abandoned.

I'm someone who’s allergic to Gas fees, and I hate those "mint on the mainnet first" approaches, where the transaction fee is more expensive than a ticket... Not to mention everyone is complaining about miners/validators taking too much, MEV messing with orderings like a lottery, which really discourages retail users. If a membership system really wants to last, can we start by making on-chain actions lighter and avoid a bunch of meaningless interactions?

Additionally, I trust data more: like activity levels, renewal/secondary circulation, which are easily fooled by FOMO, but wallets won’t be. Anyway, I’ll try out cheaper chains first, and if it doesn’t work, so be it.