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Recently, everyone has been talking about grid/DCA or just gambling, honestly it's not about the strategy, but whether you can sleep peacefully. The biggest fear of gambling is not getting the direction wrong, but that in the middle of the night while watching the market, a slight tremor in your hand might change your plan; grid/DCA looks clumsy, but it keeps the impulse to "add to position / run away" locked up, losses are paced, at least not fueling emotions.
I've been doing health checks on protocols a lot: contract permissions, upgradeability, treasury flows—these uncertainties are already numerous, and using gambling to amplify them just doubles the pressure. Thinking about it later, it's quite funny, many people talk about long-termism, but in reality, they’re betting on a quick turnaround.
As for social mining, fan tokens, and that "attention equals mining" approach, I see it more as an emotional amplifier: when it's hot, you want to gamble; when it's cold, you want to cut. Anyway, my own approach is: reduce positions that keep you awake, and only hold the ones you can sleep peacefully with for a longer time. That’s all for now.