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Recently, everyone has been talking about on-chain privacy/compliance. My expectations are actually quite simple: don’t expect “privacy = disappearance.” The on-chain ledger is there; at most, it increases tracking costs, not making you invincible. If you really encounter risk control/enforcement, the easiest points to target are the bridges, exchanges, and entry/exit points—slightly slower funds and fewer paths are actually safer.
The same goes for AI agents and automated trading—some people hype it up wildly, claiming it can help you “automate interactions and save trouble.” I’m actually more worried: once permissions are granted and contracts signed, you may not even realize whether a robot is running in the background or skimming your funds… Frankly, the boundaries of compliance aren’t that mysterious. Ordinary users should treat “explainability, reversibility, and provable source of funds” as the baseline. The rest can be taken more passively—better to be steady.