Recently, the secondary market has been talking about royalties again, basically everyone just wants to save that "fee," but creators are really not just powered by love. I used to calculate slippage carefully when I was doing LP, and now with NFT royalties, it feels like the same approach: when liquidity is available, they’re picky; when the market is bad, they start talking about sentiment... It’s quite realistic.

What’s more awkward is that once platforms introduce "optional royalties," creators’ income instantly turns into a mood blind box, making creation more like gambling. If you want them to keep producing, build communities, airdrop, and do collaborations, in the secondary market, it all becomes about who can bend the rules better—who isn’t discouraged?

By the way, recently the testnet incentives and points system have heated up again. People ask every day, "Will the mainnet issue tokens?" It sounds just like: everyone isn’t supporting creators, they’re supporting potential future returns. Forget it, I won’t pretend to be noble—I also love to profit, but at least don’t complain about others not updating while you’re profiting off them. I’ll stop here, I need to adjust my LP positions so I don’t get burned again by impermanent loss.