Recently, I’ve been at it again—sifting through all kinds of social mining, points, and identity badges. Basically, it’s using “possible airdrops” to trade for your time and attention. I’ll do it too, but first I’ll do the math: spending two hours a day clicking around—drawdowns aren’t money, they’re life… Once I get busy, I start missing updates, and in the end I may even end up gritting my teeth and forcing myself just to maintain my rank.

And there are people who watch for large on-chain transfers and exchanges’ hot and cold wallets—any movement gets treated as a “smart money” signal. The more I see it, the more cautious I become: that kind of data really is useful, but it’s a factor, not the answer. If you take it as faith, it’s easy to turn yourself into a machine that chases trends.

My approach now is simple: I only do interactions that are automatable/reusable, and the rest of my time is for reviewing and executing. If I can’t get the badge, that’s fine. What about you?