Lately, I've been watching the NFT secondary market push royalty rates lower and lower, and creators are arguing and exhausted. Honestly, everyone just wants liquidity; no one wants to "pay a little more." I've been trading on DEXs a lot myself, so I really understand: when liquidity isn't deep enough, asking for more slippage makes everyone uncomfortable... But if royalties are set to zero, it just ends up being about volume farming and mutual exploitation, and creators lose motivation to keep improving their work.

Airdrop season + the anti-witch hunt task platform also feel similar. The point system makes the grifters act like they're clocking in at work—seems lively on the surface, but in reality, everyone is calculating "Is this worth it?" Maybe the final solution isn't about arguing who's right or wrong, but about making the mechanism smarter: buy and sell freely on the market, support creators directly on-chain if you really like their work, instead of forcing it into every transaction.

Anyway, when I see the royalty wars now, I won't impulsively place orders. I'll take a step back, wait for liquidity to improve, and avoid fighting robots head-on... It’s a bit depressing, but at least it leaves some options.