Over the past couple of days, I’ve been grinding task platforms and it’s starting to get a bit… annoying. Back then, “free money” felt like snagging a lucky find; now it’s starting to look more and more like clocking in for a job: KYC, binding, interactions, posting, voting— and in the end, you still have to watch the “score” to see whether you’re suspected of being a witch. Straight to the point: the platform just dumps its risk-control KPIs onto users. We do the tasks while trying to prove we’re clean, and honestly, it’s really easy to get anxious.

What’s even more awkward is that the little bit of “fairness” on-chain is getting roasted too—MEV, who gets ordered first and who gets last. Miners/validators are raking it in hand over fist, while retail users clicking an interaction is like lining up to buy tickets… Right now, I only choose the protocols I genuinely want to use. If I can, I keep permissions to a minimum; if the score is low, then it’s low. Anyway, I don’t want turning “free money” into a second job.