I’ve been looking at re-staking + shared security again lately. Put simply, it’s like “the same sense of security is split into several pieces and sold.” The compounded returns look pretty appealing, but I’m starting to worry that I might just be layering illusions on top of illusions: if something goes wrong upstream, everything downstream shakes too. No matter how many tricks you pull on-chain, it can’t withstand an emotional stampede. These past few days, the group has started circulating rumors again about stablecoin regulation, reserve audits, and de-pegging. I made it to the tenth one, and I was completely fed up— the more I read, the more I feel like manually cutting my position.

Anyway, I set reminders and limits for myself first: if it’s time, I won’t add to my position; if it goes beyond the threshold, I’ll cut my position in half. After making that decision, I felt inexplicably light—like I’d tied up the urge to “take a gamble”…saving some gas, and also saving some heartbeat.