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Recently, the debate over whether to pay royalties in the secondary market has flared up again. To put it simply, everyone wants liquidity, but creators are not just air. I can actually understand buyers complaining about high costs, especially when the market is excited, and the spot/contract funding rates become extreme. The group then starts to debate whether to reverse or continue squeezing the bubble. At such times, who is willing to pay that little extra? But relying solely on "self-discipline" is too fragile, similar to the logic of racing in the mempool: if rules are unstable, it all ends up being a contest of who is more shameless.
What I fear most is not slowness but chaos—slow can be queued, chaos can only be gambled. Anyway, I now only choose projects with clear rules and no tricks in execution. I prefer fewer transactions to avoid headaches.