For the past couple of days, I’ve been seeing several new L1/L2 incentive programs being launched. In the group, people are rushing to rack up points while also complaining about “mining, selling, and cashing out,” and it feels pretty split… To be blunt, this whole badge and identity setup can very easily drain you of your time: daily check-ins, moving funds back and forth, posting and interacting—until, in the end, it’s all just for a record that might be “useful.”

I’m basically running low-frequency now. After I wake up, I check the on-chain activity and whether the big players are truly still sticking around: if the buzz is all propped up by subsidies to boost TVL, then I’d rather be a diver—miss out if I have to. Next time, I’m planning to set a “maximum two hours” cap for each project; once it exceeds that, I stop. How do you prevent yourselves from being held hostage by points?