Recently, I’ve been grinding testnet points to the point of kneading dough: originally just for practice, but the more I do it, the more I feel like “this round must produce results”… As soon as I start, I get hooked. Others think running scripts is just free practice, but in reality, it’s a combination of time + attention + wallet risk burning together.

My self-imposed stop-loss is pretty simple: at most one hour of tinkering each day, after which I turn off the computer and go toast bread; also, I only use a dedicated small wallet, don’t touch the main wallet, even if it means fewer points, I’d rather not give myself an excuse to “lazy staking.” Recently, the L2s are arguing over TPS/fees/subsidies, which looks lively, but I care more about whether on-chain activity is from “real users,” otherwise, once subsidies stop, the hype will die out just like a power outage in an oven… For now, that’s it, don’t turn practice into KPIs.