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Lately, earning testnet points feels a bit like going to work... It was originally just practice, but the more I see others show off their "expectations," the more I start to imagine airdrops, and my mindset gets skewed. To be honest, I set two stop-loss rules: time and effort. No more than an hour a day, and if I go over, I close the webpage; also, I don't switch to new devices or cross too many chains just for "potential points," since transaction fees and attention are real money.
Now Layer2 is back to comparing TPS, fees, and subsidies, which makes me even more anxious. There's too much information to digest. My own filtering method is pretty simple: only read official documentation and review a few trusted people’s summaries; all other screenshots and achievements are just noise. Anyway, it's just practice—don't treat expectations like a salary... That's all for now.