Recently, there has been a heated debate in the secondary market about whether "royalties should be mandatory or not."

I’ve become a bit more calm: essentially, royalties are just what’s written in the contract, but the enforcement rights are not in the hands of the creator; they are in the trading platform and routing.
If you are truly sensitive, you will notice that today, to reduce friction, people can bypass royalties; tomorrow, they can bypass other commitments for other indicators...
So now I pay more attention to whether the project team clearly defines permissions, upgrades, and revenue sharing paths, preferably with on-chain verification, rather than relying solely on verbal agreements.

Recently, extreme values in funding rates also seem quite similar: everyone is guessing whether the market will reverse or continue to bubble, but when emotions run high, rules are more easily "optimized."
My usual approach remains the same: I prefer to earn less, choosing projects with clean permission structures and traceable upgrades, so I can sleep better at night.