The airdrop season has been heating up again lately, and I got itchy and went and did a few tasks—only to get constantly blocked by all kinds of anti-witch measures. The points system makes it feel as intense as workplace attendance chasing, as if everyone’s working overtime just to “clock in.” While doing it, I kept feeling like I was “voluntarily reporting my itinerary.” Before, I would agonize over whether I should use privacy tools or whether I should switch to a new address. Now it’s more that I’m afraid that one random wave of risk control could slap a label on you. You might not lose your assets, but your mindset can blow up first—like your mental capital gets liquidated.

To put it simply, I’ve already lowered my expectations for on-chain privacy: don’t fantasize about anonymity—at most, it’s “less likely to be automatically swept up.” The compliance boundaries are also pretty realistic. Ordinary people shouldn’t go testing the gray zones—especially something like perpetuals when emotions are running hot, it’s even easier to make a slip. My approach is pretty timid: if I can avoid leaving traces, I won’t add any extra. I separate addresses, don’t grant permissions casually, and for important things I take a more compliant and safer route. But I also accept one fact: when you use the chain, it’s equivalent to assuming this can be traced—only the cost differs. That’s it for now; at least it shouldn’t scare me into panic.