Recently, I've been a bit emotional when looking at options markets: buyers are actually betting against time, waking up every day to be nibbling on time value; sellers, on the surface, seem to be collecting rent, but when big volatility hits, the small premium they've accumulated can be wiped out in one night. To put it simply, who the time value eats depends on whether you can handle the boredom of "nothing happening" and the sudden "something happening" moment.

These days, AI agents and automated trading are being hyped up again, and it feels like many are just using "automatic" as a shield. When it comes to on-chain interactions, if you haven't thought through gas fees, permissions, and risk control clearly, you'll still end up crashing. Anyway, I’m the slow-to-warm type; I’d rather do less, understand the rules and worst-case scenarios first before taking action.