Recently, there has been controversy over the secondary market's handling of royalties, which is quite awkward: creators want sustainability, but traders feel "why should my liquidity be siphoned off?" Basically, on-chain rules can be written into smart contracts, but execution depends on market consensus. If people don't buy in, they'll just bypass it, leaving only emotional tug-of-war.

My mom asked me the other day, "You buy a picture, and then you have to pay the creator again when you resell it? Isn't that like paying the manufacturer when you sell a used car?" I could only reply half-heartedly: theoretically, supporting creation is good, but for secondary sales to truly be automatically distributed, the problem of "both buyer and seller willing" must be solved first.

As for social mining, fan tokens, and that "attention equals mining" concept, I also have doubts whether it's a pseudo-proposition... Attention is definitely valuable, but turning it into quantifiable earnings easily turns content into task check-ins. Anyway, I still prefer to see who can gradually build up their works, communities, and rights. Royalties are just the result, not a universal switch.