There's a real problem brewing in crypto markets right now. Too many participants are just scraping by—hunting for $7 a day just to get through. No vision. No ambition. No dreams of building something meaningful. It's all about survival mode: can I afford lunch tomorrow? That shift tells you everything about what's gone wrong. A lot of people point fingers at market conditions, but the real culprit? Poor ecosystem governance. What started as creator capital markets has morphed into something else entirely—a system that can't deliver on its promises. When incentive structures fail, you don't get dreamers anymore. You get desperation.
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rugpull_ptsd
· 2025-12-19 05:53
Really, most of the people coming in now have a gambler's mentality; there's no real future to speak of.
The ecosystem is so rotten, who can we blame?
Once the incentive mechanism collapses, dreamers instantly become just another crop of newbies.
I've seen through it long ago; systemic problems can't be fixed at all.
To put it simply, everyone is just living to survive.
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CryptoSourGrape
· 2025-12-18 16:52
If I hadn't gone all in on this crappy ecosystem back then, I wouldn't be worried about lunch now.
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PhantomMiner
· 2025-12-18 16:52
Basically, it's a dead loop. Governance is so bad, and yet you blame participants for having no dreams?
Really, when the incentive mechanism is broken, who still has the mood to dream?
If the ecosystem can't get its act together, how dare it ask others to have foresight?
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StakeTillRetire
· 2025-12-18 16:44
Struggling in survival mode... Really, seeing a bunch of people around me worried about their next meal, is this still called an ecosystem?
There's a real problem brewing in crypto markets right now. Too many participants are just scraping by—hunting for $7 a day just to get through. No vision. No ambition. No dreams of building something meaningful. It's all about survival mode: can I afford lunch tomorrow? That shift tells you everything about what's gone wrong. A lot of people point fingers at market conditions, but the real culprit? Poor ecosystem governance. What started as creator capital markets has morphed into something else entirely—a system that can't deliver on its promises. When incentive structures fail, you don't get dreamers anymore. You get desperation.