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Recently, I saw everyone arguing about secondary royalties, basically: creators want to maintain a steady cash flow, while traders think "Why should I pay tolls just to buy and sell?" I used to be quite supportive of creators, but now I’ve become a bit more calm: if royalties can only rely on moral self-discipline, in the end, it becomes whoever has the thickest skin wins, and creators become more anxious.
Thinking further about this wave of social mining and fan tokens, constantly shouting "attention is mining," it sounds very exciting, but it actually feels like using emotions as fuel... Attention is migratory; it’s not a mineral deposit. Instead of expecting every secondary transaction to feed me, I prefer to prioritize "value exchange": for example, binding rights, content, and services to holding/subscription, so buyers know exactly what they’re getting.
Now I focus more on execution flow in project interactions: calculating costs clearly, following the path, and leaving the rest to probability. Whether it’s royalties or attention, don’t treat them as a lifeline; at most, consider them as an optional choice. That’s all for now.