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Lately, running testnet points has made me a bit numb. It was originally just to practice and get familiar with the process, but once I start thinking "how much can I exchange with this batch," I unconsciously spend more time and attention on adding positions... In other words, when practice turns into expectations, the risks also become real.
Now I set a very simple stop-loss for myself: at most two days of tinkering with a single chain/project, after that just give up; another is for gas, cross-chain, buying accounts—once real money is involved, treat it as already lost. If I can't accept that mentally, I shouldn't do it. Seeing new L1/L2 projects offering incentives to pull TVL, and old users complaining "mining, selling," I can understand that too. It’s lively, but in the end, it’s often just a bunch of exhausted addresses competing with each other.
Anyway, I’m tired but still here. If I can do some basic interactions, I do; if not, I stop. Don’t turn “practice questions” into “must-answer questions.” That’s all for now.