Every day, I hear about building, becoming an ecosystem contributor, supporting the project's future—sounds grand. But reality is often quite harsh.
Losing in contract trading is something I can accept; it's just poor risk management on my part. What really frustrates people is that retail investors who spend time participating in the community, helping promote the project, and engaging in governance discussions ultimately find that their profits and decision-making power flow to the project team and big holders. It's like raising a daughter carefully, only to have her kidnapped—only realizing later that you've been sidelined.
Some might say, just don't participate. But the problem is, retail investors in trash coins are indeed being cut, the volatility on the contract side is more exciting than gambling, and the on-chain ecosystem is a mess. Currently, builders and earners are seriously disconnected; those who participate the most are actually the ones losing the most. This phenomenon is becoming more and more common across the entire crypto market and warrants reflection.
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SignatureCollector
· 4h ago
So this is the current state of Web3. Instead of being empowered, we early believers are actually being sidelined.
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PanicSeller
· 20h ago
That hits too close to home. I watch people hype up building the ecosystem every day, but in the end, it's just working for the project team for free, and I didn't make a single cent.
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StableGenius
· 01-12 02:57
honestly this tracks with what i've been saying for months—the whole "be a builder" narrative is fundamentally flawed incentive design. retail does the grunt work, insiders capture the upside. empirically speaking, governance tokens are just participation theater at this point.
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SlowLearnerWang
· 01-12 02:49
Ultimately, it's still the self-cultivation of the little guys. We really think too much.
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HashRateHermit
· 01-12 02:47
To be honest, I was the one who got caught by this set of rhetoric... Now just seeing the word "build" makes me want to vomit.
The higher the engagement, the worse the losses. This is not sarcasm; it's the current situation.
Every day shouting about ecosystem contribution, but the profits are all being taken by big players. We retail investors are just along for the ride.
I should have realized long ago that I am just a tool. Don't expect any decision-making power.
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GasFeeVictim
· 01-12 02:45
The term "being sidelined" is so fitting. I always feel like I'm contributing to the ecosystem, only to realize I'm just free labor.
Honestly, it's more painful than losing money...
What's the point of building something? It's better to just trade honestly.
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Every day, I hear about building, becoming an ecosystem contributor, supporting the project's future—sounds grand. But reality is often quite harsh.
Losing in contract trading is something I can accept; it's just poor risk management on my part. What really frustrates people is that retail investors who spend time participating in the community, helping promote the project, and engaging in governance discussions ultimately find that their profits and decision-making power flow to the project team and big holders. It's like raising a daughter carefully, only to have her kidnapped—only realizing later that you've been sidelined.
Some might say, just don't participate. But the problem is, retail investors in trash coins are indeed being cut, the volatility on the contract side is more exciting than gambling, and the on-chain ecosystem is a mess. Currently, builders and earners are seriously disconnected; those who participate the most are actually the ones losing the most. This phenomenon is becoming more and more common across the entire crypto market and warrants reflection.