2026-01-14 06:34:53

Interesting phenomenon: core personnel of a certain major public chain have recently been endorsing projects like RALPH. This increased official involvement indicates that the ecosystem is rapidly maturing, but it also sparks considerable discussion—how should official endorsements and commercial activities be balanced? In this increasingly transparent ecosystem, such actions often become the focus of community debate.

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NFTArchaeologis

· 6h ago

From the early days of the internet to now, the contradiction between endorsement power and market self-governance has never truly been resolved—it's just taken on a different on-chain appearance. --- In essence, official endorsements are fundamentally centralized influence at work, which is somewhat at odds with the original Web3 ethos. --- It's a bit like the patronage system during the Renaissance, except now patrons hold tokens—quite interesting. --- Whether this is genuine belief in the project or purely commercial interests depends on the endorsers—transparency seems to always be a joke on the chain. --- A mature ecosystem does not equal moral decline; they are two different things. --- Thinking back to the early controversies of Cryptopunks, current projects like RALPH are actually repeating history—just no one wants to admit it. --- The most frightening thing about official endorsements isn't conflicts of interest, but that they make retail investors feel "secure," and then—you know. --- From an on-chain archaeology perspective, these actions are the best documentation, and future scholars will be very grateful.

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BlockchainDecoder

· 6h ago

According to research, this actually involves a classic game theory problem related to governance power and commercial interests. It is worth noting that if the boundaries between the personal actions of core personnel and official positions become blurred, it could weaken the credibility of public chains in the long run—this can be referenced in related reflective literature following the FTX collapse in 2022.

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GasOptimizer

· 6h ago

The capital efficiency of the official platform is worth calculating, and it depends on on-chain data to speak for itself; otherwise, it's all just stories.

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DegenDreamer

· 6h ago

The official website thing, to be honest, is just wanting to have both the fish and the bear's paw, haha.

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DustCollector