Recently, there has been more discussion about secondary market royalties, basically: creators want "continuous income that keeps them visible," while traders feel "I've already borne the volatility, why should I pay another cut." I actually understand both sides; after all, no matter how romantic those few lines of revenue sharing are written in the contract, in the end, it all comes down to execution pathways and human flaws... The blockchain doesn't show mercy.

What's more heartbreaking is that many people complain that miners/validators earn more steadily than anyone else, and that MEV makes ordering like cutting in line, while retail investors are being squeezed by slippage and still told "this is the market." In this stew, creator royalties become even more awkward: they should be collected, but it always feels like they're being collected in the wrong place.

My mom asked me a few days ago: shouldn't the money from a sold painting keep going to the artist? I said theoretically, that's beautiful, but now, who will cooperate in the trading venues, and how to cooperate, is much more complicated than "whether it should be." For now, let's leave it at that. I still prefer to see someone clearly write the royalty rules and also specify the exit mechanisms, rather than relying on emotions to hold it up.