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Lately, I've been a bit obsessed with DAO proposals, but the more I read, the more cautious I become: on the surface, it says "to incentivize the community," but in reality, it's about consolidating voting power into a few wallets, and the rewards are carefully designed—who votes first, which side they vote for, how long they lock their tokens—all part of the plan to influence your stance. Frankly, some proposals aren't asking for your opinion; they're just confirming whether you accept this power structure...
By the way, I recently thought about the NFT royalty disputes—creators say they want income, the market says they want liquidity. In the end, it’s really about "who gets to take that slice" and who sets the rules. Everything on-chain is transparent, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t tricks.
In the past, I paid attention to "participating in governance," thinking it was quite idealistic; now, when I see those flashy incentive schemes or new permissions/new contracts added on the fly, I first unfollow and take a couple of days to cool off, check the authorizations, look at the beneficiary addresses. If I can revoke, I do so first—don’t get too excited and treat your wallet like a voting machine.