Lately, the more I look at on-chain data, the more I feel that "privacy" is a bit of a mystic concept... To put it simply, most of the time it's not about whether you're anonymous or not, but whether you're willing to be linked together with a single click. Using the same address to claim airdrops, deposit and withdraw on exchanges, and then playing a few more applications is basically like putting a sign on your forehead with clues. Compliance isn't black and white either; it's more like a moving line: you might think you're just using normally, but others might see it as a "suspicious pattern." For ordinary users, I think it's better to lower expectations: on-chain data is publicly accessible by default, and privacy tools aren't some invisibility cloak—at best, they just raise the cost a bit.

And then there's that recent trend of social mining and fan tokens, claiming "attention is mining." It sounds exciting, but as I scroll through, I start feeling guilty: are we really mining, or are we just packaging and selling our behavioral data for a good price? Anyway, I'm more concerned about not linking my main wallet everywhere. For now, I'll split my frequently used addresses and revoke permissions one by one.