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Recently, looking at options just feels like a patience tax in everyday life: the buyer is buying “waiting for a story to happen,” and the time value is slowly leaking away day by day; the seller is collecting “don’t rush to make it happen,” but when big volatility truly hits, you have to tough it out. Put simply—who is time eating up? Most of the time, it’s eating up someone like me, who loves to dream… so now I’d rather be the one slowly collecting rent, but I still don’t dare to go wild with my position—I’m afraid that one night I’ll wake up and get educated.
Over the past couple of days, the community has been talking again about testnet incentives, expectations for points, and speculation about whether the mainnet will actually issue tokens. The vibe is exactly the same as the buyer’s mindset: first treating the future as certain, then getting worn down by time every day. Anyway, after I lower my expectations, I feel much more relaxed—if I get something, it’s a bonus; if I don’t, I won’t have to keep staring at my heartbeat every day. That’s it for now.