Recently, people keep asking, "Can on-chain privacy really exist?" My current expectation has been lowered to: don't expect one-click invisibility, it's more like just not revealing information so easily on the surface. To put it simply, on-chain is a public ledger; the most you can do is leave fewer traces, less tightly bind addresses to real identities, but if you're trying to comply with regulations, that line won't disappear just because you used some tools.

Then, looking at the NFT royalty debates, it's both funny and frustrating: on one hand, shouting to protect creators' income, and on the other, saying secondary liquidity should be free... In the end, the ones who often suffer are ordinary people, as rules keep changing, and that bit of "dignity" in your wallet is forced to pick a side. For now, I'll keep working on my ecosystem mini-map. Seeing teams that are genuinely building things still lifts my spirits a little.