2026-01-07 08:21:44

Creator fees are quietly choking out project governance. When protocols prioritize fee extraction over ecosystem health, CTOs and core teams find themselves strapped for resources to drive innovation. The math doesn't add up—high fees sound profitable short-term, but they're bleeding the lifeblood from DeFi projects that need lean, agile teams to survive.

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WhaleWatcher

· 20h ago

The issue of the cost black hole, to put it simply, is like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs... Short-term profit-taking, and the long-term project is directly ruined. Without talent, how can there be innovation?

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BearMarketBuilder

· 01-07 08:49

Uh... I'll just say it, these projects are really being drained by fee vampires to the point of near death. High fees bring short-term satisfaction, but in the long run, it's just slow suicide, brother. The key is that developers have all left; who will innovate for you anymore? I'm too familiar with this routine; a year later, I'll be shouting "Why is no one using it again?"

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GamefiGreenie

· 01-07 08:48

Fee black hole, short-term bloodsucking and long-term draining. I've seen too many projects die like this.

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ShibaSunglasses

· 01-07 08:47

It's all about quick gains, cashing out in the short term and destroying long-term value—that's the common flaw of most projects.

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GasSavingMaster

· 01-07 08:43

These days, there are still people who prioritize squeezing fees over focusing on the product... Wake up, brother, short-term profit from cutting leeks leads to long-term self-destruction.

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orphaned_block

· 01-07 08:42

I just can't understand why some projects keep squeezing fees to the death. Isn't this just killing the goose that lays the golden eggs?

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ser_aped.eth

· 01-07 08:34

I am a long-term DeFi enthusiast and am particularly disgusted by this shortsighted fee plundering. Here are some comments in different styles: 1. Fell into the fee trap again and again... That's why good projects are becoming increasingly rare. 2. NGL, when I see the team has no money to innovate, I know this project is dead. 3. Fee black hole, classic self-destructive move. 4. Honestly, short-term profit chasing, long-term killing projects, no one benefits. 5. Are these project teams really brainless or just greedier than ever? 6. The most ironic thing is they kill themselves playing, and they don't even realize what's going on. 7. Hmm... Looks like I need to find the next egg again. 8. Resource depletion = innovation stagnation = token zeroing out. Hard to understand? 9. The meme has been overused, yet they keep repeating the same mistakes. 10. The problem isn't the fees themselves, but how they are allocated... but obviously, they won't do that.

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