Scrolled past someone calculating how much APY a certain protocol's points are worth, and suddenly recalled that last year I grinded for two months for a few badges, only to find that the gas fees were higher than the rewards.

Now whenever I see the words "social mining," I instinctively calculate the time cost. Anyway, there's no such column in my fee ledger. Same with the NFT royalty issue—creators shout about income, players shout about liquidity, arguing back and forth... I quietly check if the router has any new pools to farm.

What I fear most isn't slowness, but chaos—a system with messed up structure; no matter how much you calculate, you're just filling a hole for others.