This is the third time I’ve been “educated” by testnet points… At first, it felt pretty easy to practice, but then once I thought, “There might be an airdrop,” I automatically increased my frequency, added more chains, and added more wallets—only to end up working overtime for myself and burning gas. Now I’ve set a stop-loss for myself: for each project, I only run a fixed checklist of actions, with at most 2 accounts; once my spending hits a certain number, I stop. If there are no updates or progress for two straight weeks, I stop as well. Put simply, a testnet is just for practice—don’t treat “expectations” like salary.

Recently, the whole “yield stacking” thing—where re-staking and shared security get layered on top of each other—has been getting criticized for being a nested/stacked scheme. I kind of relate to it too: stacking layer upon layer looks lively, but in the end, what you’re really verifying is what you actually did and how much cost you ended up paying. Anyway, I only do interactions that can be verified; as for the rest, I just pretend I didn’t see it. That’s how I’ll go for now.