Recently there’s been more arguing about whether secondary markets should pay royalties or not. I look at it and it feels complicated, and somehow my stomach turns cold.

To put it plainly: if the platform can turn royalties off with a single click, then it’s rather shaky for creators to make a living on “consensus.” But buyers will think too—I've already been taking on liquidity, so why am I getting charged every time I pass it on…?

Actually, neither side is really wrong. It’s just that the rules are so easy to change—once they’re changed, everyone has to pretend that nothing happened.

And on top of that, over the past two days, with the upgrade/maintenance of the main public chain, everyone in the group has been guessing whether projects will migrate. It feels like creators are more like people who are passively moving with the house—their works are still there, but the market has to go wherever it goes.

Anyway, what I care about more right now is this: what exactly is written in the signature pop-up—are they adding another unlimited authorization? If I haven’t received the royalties yet, having my wallet drained first would be even more awkward.