Last night I didn't sleep again, and I came across a heated debate about NFT royalties. The more I read, the more annoyed I got: on one side, saying "No royalty payments, creators can't survive," and on the other side, saying "Mandatory royalties = liquidity dead for you to see." Honestly, both sides are right, but the market is just cold. In the end, everyone will just click on the place where transactions are faster and slippage is smaller.

I personally work with perpetuals, and when I see this kind of debate, I instinctively think: no matter how just the rules are, in secondary trading, it's about who bears the cost. If royalties become "mandatory," it's like adding an extra fee. Emotionally supporting creators, but fingers will still click on the cheaper option... It's quite contradictory. Anyway, I only dare to support creators who are genuinely committed long-term. Others, I’ll just watch for now—don't use ideals as a stop-loss.