Recently, I've seen people arguing about whether secondary markets should pay royalties or not. Honestly, everyone just wants "cheaper liquidity," but creators can't rely solely on love for their work. The meme community is even more ridiculous—today you're the genius meme king, and tomorrow, once the hype dies down, it feels like you were never here. Sometimes, that royalty money is the only thing that keeps projects alive.

But I also admit that forcing royalties can really scare off a lot of short-term traders. Once they start trading more, they begin to wonder, "Who am I actually working for?" and the market on-chain becomes even colder. Anyway, I now pay more attention to how projects retain the "people willing to pay": like benefits, content updates, offline meme gatherings, and so on—don't rely solely on those few secondary sales.

By the way, before and after a major upgrade of a mainstream public chain, everyone is guessing whether they'll migrate. I see many projects say they won't move, but their contracts are already deployed on multiple chains... The same goes for royalties—when rules are unstable, the first to run are always the liquidity. Sigh, memes can be faith, but don’t make them your livelihood.