2026-01-09 04:28:19

This trend seems a bit ironic — more and more excess returns will gradually disappear. When the wave of large-scale automation sweeps in, only those who are inherently curious will truly remain amidst the ruins. These people are different. They are not chasing quick riches, but — understanding itself. Knowing how this thing operates, why it is designed this way, is their ultimate goal. They don't care about anything else; they just want to figure it out.

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BearMarketMonk

· 01-09 04:57

Curiosity is indeed the last moat. --- Ironically, most people never figure out what they are chasing until they die. --- Those who survive in the ruins are never relying on luck. --- Automation only kills those brains that can be replaced, no problem. --- There's nothing wrong with that, but few people persist. --- Understanding itself is valuable; everything else is just fragments of bubbles. --- Ultimately, the cycle depends on who can survive until the last spring. --- The more you go down, the clearer it becomes: excess returns are just an illusion. --- Figuring it out is a thousand times harder than getting rich quickly, which is why it's truly scarce. --- That's correct, but most people are even unwilling to start asking why.

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MEVSandwichMaker

· 01-09 04:57

Strongly agree, the retail investors are still chasing hot topics to make quick money, while the true winners have long understood the logic of the protocol layer.

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AirdropHunterXM

· 01-09 04:53

Can't keep pushing anymore, I still have to return to the basics.

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BearMarketMonk

· 01-09 04:50

Oh, you're so right. Making quick money is getting harder and harder, really. --- Automation is here, and those who just want to get rich overnight should have been finished long ago. --- Curiosity is the final barrier, I agree with that. --- Anyway, I just want to understand, everything else is nonsense. --- Mock if you want, but excess returns are just an illusion. --- The ones who truly make money are never those chasing the trend. --- Only those who understand the principles can survive; everyone else is just thinking like a leek. --- That's what I've been doing all along, understanding slowly, no rush. --- Honestly, curiosity can't be cultivated if your luck isn't good. --- Those who survive in the ruins are all weirdos, haha.

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¯\_(ツ)_/¯

· 01-09 04:33

Automation has arrived, and excess returns are gone, but truly successful people have actually been studying the underlying logic all along.

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GamefiGreenie

· 01-09 04:31

You really hit the nail on the head. I'm exactly the kind of bored-to-death player who spends every day digging through code to understand mechanisms, more addicted than making money.

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