Recently, I’ve noticed everyone farming testnet points with the same kind of tight, tense focus as they do with real mainnet positions—and it honestly makes me a bit scared... It was originally just hands-on practice, but once you get the mindset of “I have to get this time,” your actions unconsciously start to escalate: you add extra attempts, more time, and more emotions. To put it plainly, loss-cutting needs to be written into the plan first: the maximum amount of mainnet coins/fees you’re willing to spend, the maximum amount of time you can keep grinding, and after how many errors you stop; once you start chasing points by patching operations midstream or forcing new scripts—that’s when it’s time to cut the loss.

Lately, hardware wallets have been out of stock, phishing links are being circulated at a high rate, and the more “urgent” you are to complete tasks, the easier it is to click the wrong thing or sign incorrectly. My approach is pretty old-school: I’d rather do less—keep an allowlist for addresses, tighten permissions whenever possible, and don’t click links that come from groups. If you lose some points, it’s only something you’ll feel bad about for a couple of days; but if you lose your private keys, it’s a true irreversible end—there’s no saving it even with a last-minute attempt.