Lately, I’ve been a bit numb from grinding testnet tasks. I originally thought it would be practice, but once I saw “Points Leaderboard / Airdrop Expectations,” my mindset changed: even though it’s only minor interactions, my hands started adding clicks, adding accounts, and adding time—like I was chasing an invisible candlestick. On top of that, with hardware wallets recently being out of stock and phishing links everywhere, I’ve really let that kind of “do it quickly or you’ll miss out” anxiety carry me along and I went through it a few times. When I look back, it was pretty stupid.

Now I’ve set a “stop-loss” for the testnet: I’ll decide in advance how much time I’ll spend each day and how many chains/projects I’ll do at most—if I go over, I stop. Any action that involves signing strange permissions or jumping to unfamiliar domains is treated as a loss and I’m out immediately; don’t bet on your luck. Basically, points are just for practice—if you truly treat them as expectations, you’ll turn risk into a cost, and in the end the cost keeps getting higher while you don’t even realize it. For now, I’d rather get less—than risk losing your wallet.