2025-12-19 17:22:32

There is a perspective worth pondering: persistence and cost tolerance determine the lifecycle of innovation.

Initial enthusiasm often succumbs to reality. Many grand ambitions at the start quietly fade away over time. The first things to be abandoned are usually two aspects—innovative governance mechanisms and the pursuit of true autonomy.

In the early stages of a project, everyone passionately discusses experiments, advocates for diversification, and emphasizes breaking free from existing systems. But the longer you persist, the greater the pressure from reality. Compromises begin, and then they spread. In the end, you'll find that the once-innovative governance, over time, gradually transforms into another standard template—still the same old approach.

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BlockImposter

· 2025-12-22 16:11

Idealism always dies at the moment of financing, really.

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GateUser-e51e87c7

· 2025-12-20 14:18

Basically, it means that idealism can't withstand the test of time. Once the funds are integrated and governance begins, things start to change. I've seen this happen many times.

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DecentralizedElder

· 2025-12-19 19:53

This is the curse of Web3—idealism only lasts for two years at most. Really, every project ends up the same.

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UnluckyMiner

· 2025-12-19 17:58

Basically, the ideal is very grand, but the reality is quite stark. I've seen too many projects; in the early stages, the whitepapers are brilliantly written, talking about decentralization and true autonomy, but in the end, they just fall back into the old centralized routines. Cost is the real killer; if you can't sustain for more than two years, the money runs out, and compromises follow. This is the truth of Web3.

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ResearchChadButBroke

· 2025-12-19 17:29

At the end of the day, it's still about money. Ideals can't compete with account balances. --- That's why most projects ultimately become just like traditional ones. Who can hold on? --- The original intention dies at the cost line, really. --- I've seen too many projects boast extravagantly, only to end up copying and pasting the same old templates. --- Compromise, once opened a gap, can't be stopped. --- Laughable. No matter how fancy the governance mechanism design is, it's still the same old template under pressure. --- When faced with real-world pressure, it's impossible to persist. Projects with poor cost tolerance are doomed to take this path. --- Why does innovation always die halfway? Because living is cheaper than ideals.

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