Recently, I saw people arguing about secondary royalties. Put simply, it’s this: creators want sustainability, and traders just want cheaper friction. You can stand anywhere, but don’t dress it up like it’s a moral question—at the end of the day, it still comes down to whose contract permissions are stronger, and which platform routes traffic to whom.

In the past couple of days, I’ve been watching the capital flow paths of a few new launches. No matter how nice the royalty wording sounds, once it’s unlocked, it still gets smashed. And the repeated talk about the unlock calendar isn’t without reason either… Things like anxiety about selling pressure don’t disappear just by slogans.

Anyway, when I look at the creator economy now, I first check: are royalties “voluntary” or “mandatory”? If they’re mandatory, is there a backdoor to change it? Then I check whether the revenue-sharing address is clean. Just now, I casually placed a small order with 12 USDT to dip my toe in the water—it feels more like testing human nature than supporting art. That’s all for now.