Lately I’ve been messing around with testnet points, and it’s starting to feel more and more like I’m actually managing a real position… It was meant to be practice, but the moment I had an expectation in my head of “how many points I should get,” I started adding tasks, adding pluses, adding scripts, and staring at the page so intensely that I didn’t even dare to look away—the soreness in my eyes is unbearable.

Now I’m setting a stop-loss for myself: how many hours I’ll invest at most per week, and how much gas/fees I’ll spend at most (even if it’s the testnet, I’m treating it as a cost). If I go over, I’ll just pause right away and wait for the next epoch. To put it bluntly, points can easily drag people into the illusion of “just a little more and I can make it back,” so keeping the process under control is actually a lifesaver.

Also, I saw in the group that there’s been a heated argument about privacy coins/mixing and the boundaries of compliance—it’s pretty fierce. I’m not taking sides for now… I’ll first tidy up my on-chain operation traces; I’ll expose less if I can. But I also won’t go so far as to step on obvious landmines just to adopt a “privacy stance.” That’s it for now.