Uniswap's proposal to directly convert protocol growth into continuous UNI buybacks and burns has officially ushered in the era of strong binding between UNI protocol scale → token value. This is no small feat. The emergence of Uniswap opened up the entire 'DeFi - participate and distribute' era. Uni airdropped tokens to any address that participated back then (ah, how times have changed). After that, most people around me, like myself, fully shifted to the 'DeFi + airdrop farming' route. I feel like it was a chance to redefine life. Those who believed back then are either financially free or alarm-clock free now.