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Recently, I've come across a bunch of narratives about PFPs + membership cards, basically everyone wants to solidify the chain of "avatar = identity = brand." But I’m increasingly thinking that long-term value isn’t about how good your avatar looks, but whether there’s something to do after you join the group, and if people are willing to shoulder the burden together... Otherwise, after three days of excitement, all that’s left is awkwardness in the secondary market.
And when stories like cross-chain bridge thefts or oracle errors happen, the entire group immediately shifts into "waiting for confirmation" mode, and attention is like being unplugged—no matter how strong the brand feeling is, it can’t withstand this collective caution. Anyway, I’d rather go slower now than get carried away by a wave of memes.
If I could only keep one habit: wait for confirmation if you don’t understand something.