Recently, I’ve been seeing a bunch of projects package PFP + membership benefits + brand stories for sale. Put simply, they’re trading “a sense of identity” for attention. It works well in the short term—once the avatar is changed and a group is formed, people come in—but for the long run, is it worth it? It still depends on whether they can form a verifiable relationship network on-chain: who you are, what you’ve contributed, and how far you can reach to use it. Don’t just stop at one chain, one group.

Once something like a bridge being stolen happens, the so-called “membership” is just a line of comfort—if assets can’t get through, they can’t. And after an oracle reports an error, everyone collectively “waits for confirmation.” I actually find that pretty realistic: a lot of the time, consensus isn’t about how strong the technology is—it’s about everyone agreeing to not move first, and to observe first. For PFP to shift from short-term buzz to a long-term brand, it probably also has to make it through moments like this awkward one. (I can’t help checking whether someone in the group ran off first…)