When I was a newbie, I really thought that blockchain games' pools could keep going as long as "more people + high output," and I could just enjoy claiming some coins every day. Now I see clearly, basically it's just inflation unleashing water: the higher the output, the more it feels like a death knell. Without sustainable real consumption (like upgrading, synthesizing, or tickets that burn coins), it can only rely on new players to take over. The pool quickly gets drained, and in the end, there's a pile of "reward coins" nobody wants.

Recently, I’ve been hearing about TPS, transaction fees, ecosystem subsidies on L2 again... I get a bit PTSD. When subsidies are heavily poured in, the data looks good, but once the subsidies stop, many "active" users immediately collapse. Blockchain games are the same—same logic, don’t be fooled by the dashboard.

Now I’m a bit more paranoid: first look at the economic closed loop, then look at gameplay. Minimize wallet authorizations, close signature pop-ups if you don’t understand them, better to miss out than risk your private key as a bet... that’s how I do it now.