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I now better understand why options buyers always feel like they are "being worn down by time": most of the time, time value is actually slowly eating away at the buyer's patience, especially when you're heading in the right direction but not moving fast enough, it's like hot tea whose aroma escapes as it sits... Conversely, sellers seem to be waiting for the tea to cool, collecting the "unhappened" time, but don't romanticize it too much; if a sudden market move occurs, that scalding moment could also be on their own head.
Recently, Layer 2 projects have been arguing over TPS, fees, and subsidies, and it's quite lively. Honestly, it's quite similar to options: everyone is selling the expectation that "the future will be better," buyers pay a premium, and as time drags on, they start nitpicking. Anyway, I still prefer a medium-term + grid approach, taking it slow, and not letting time lead me around. That's all for now.