Open source development hits different when you see your code actually running on someone's testnet. That's the real dopamine hit right there.

But here's the thing that stings—watching a $17M funded project suddenly "realize" what a tiny community team built. No credit, no acknowledgment. Just a fresh coat of paint and a major exchange listing.

Big funding rounds, top-tier platform exposure... sure, they've got all that. But they don't have what matters: the actual foundation that tiny teams sweat over in their spare time. The credibility that comes from doing it right from day one.

It's wild how the Web3 ecosystem sometimes works.