Recently I’ve come across a few blockchain game pools, and the more I look, the more they remind me of “opening the sluice gates”: when output is high, everyone rushes in to dig, but there’s nowhere for the coins to be consumed. Inflation ends up dragging the pool itself down. In plain terms, it’s not that the returns aren’t enough—it's that the sell pressure is too steady: issued every day, sold every day, and the only people left are the ones who come later to be the bag-holders… I’m actually also envious of the early crowd who managed to catch the windfall, but at this stage there’s really no need to stubbornly grind it out.

Over the past couple of days, I’ve seen a lot of people discussing staking unlocks and token unlock calendars. I understand the anxiety about sell pressure; blockchain games make it even clearer: unlocks mean new supply, and the little bit of real demand in the pool simply can’t hold it. Right now, I’m pruning with the gardener’s mindset—high output but no consumption scenarios, so I’ll keep my distance and try not to get involved. If you really want to play, then do it in layers: test the waters with a small position and leave yourself enough room to retreat. Anyway, I don’t want to be the last “pool keeper.”