Lately, I’ve been a bit obsessed with testing network points, originally just to practice, see block delay, and transaction queue order.

But as I kept doing it, I started silently calculating in my mind, “How much can I exchange later…”
Once it becomes an expectation, people tend to increase their stakes, authorize wallets, run scripts to the max, open multiple nodes, and instead the risks pile up.

My self-imposed stop-loss is pretty simple:
Only keep one set of addresses / one machine per project, stop once the preset number of runs is reached;
If I need to sign new permissions, cross more bridges, or mess with strange contracts to earn extra points, I just cut it out.
Honestly, points aren’t assets; permissions and time are the real costs.

Recently, the practice of staking and shared security got criticized as “copy-paste,”
I can understand that. The compounded returns look tempting, but the more dependencies on the chain, the longer the chain reliance, the more it shakes with each reorganization or delay.
Anyway, I’ll keep “practice” and “staking” separate—drawing diagrams is fine, but real money, forget it.