This is why I had to speak up! Some friends say I’m a whistleblower in the industry—really, that’s too much praise. I’m just one of many who’ve been holding back for a long time. But after this black swan event hit us hard, a lot of people have woken up: Realizing that “decentralization” isn’t just a slogan—transparency is the unchanging truth. In critical moments, it’s about your own worth and survival. Realizing that the silence and lack of voice from so many Builders were tied to certain interests—it doesn’t mean they weren’t being coerced. Realizing that the so-called MEME-ification of everything and the nihilistic copycat mindset hide the ambitions of shadow players building platforms to harvest everything. Realizing that the gap between DEX and CEX isn’t as simple as just “on-chain,” because capital can drive the emergence of fake DEXs and strangle real DEX innovation in its cradle. Realizing that some seemingly neutral industry media and KOLs have long been collectively silenced under the weight of traffic and profit. Realizing that retail investors in this market have never been participants—they’ve always been the prey in a carefully designed trap.