Recently, the secondary market has been arguing over royalties again, and I’ve become a bit indifferent… Frankly, creators wanting continuous income is understandable, but tying “morality” to transactions feels pretty awkward. Once the market defaults to bypassing it, those who suffer the most are the content creators who work seriously, while a bunch of speculative accounts just exploit each other.

What’s even more awkward is that the on-chain ranking issue is also adding drama: retail investors complain that validators/miners take too much, and MEV causes the teams to keep inserting themselves, making it feel like buying an NFT also depends on who queues better and pushes harder. Yesterday, I also experienced multiple refresh retries during my own operation, making the experience quite “realistic.”

Now I prefer to think of royalties as an “optional sponsorship,” clearly defining authorization and permissions, and opening the wallet as little as possible… Losing a key once really leaves a lifelong mark.