Someone asked me if it's still worth engaging with those "creator economy" NFTs now, and honestly, I'm a bit conflicted. When royalties become a hot topic, it basically boils down to: both buyers and sellers want to save on friction costs, but creators need ongoing income to survive. As the secondary market opens up and becomes "optional," the first to get hurt are often small teams. You say it all depends on moral constraints, but I don't really buy that—after all, everyone is calculating their own interests.

Recently, after a few cross-chain bridge hacks and oracle errors, a bunch of people in the group suddenly reached a consensus of "wait for confirmation." I actually think this is the real market: only when something goes wrong do people start to realize how fragile rules and trust really are. The same goes for royalties—people usually shout support for creators, but when it comes to actual transactions, they start choosing the cheapest route.

My current approach is pretty cautious: I check whether the project team has integrated royalties into the protocol layer, or at least provides some incentive for buyers to see "paying royalties is beneficial"; for platforms that rely solely on a button, I just consider the risk as part of the cost... If I miss out, I miss out. Anyway, no matter how elegant the interaction path, in the end, it all comes down to human nature.