When @ cz-binance knocked on the door with "overwhelming traffic", Aster not only welcomed a highlight moment, but also a real stress test. In this conversation, @ Aster_deX CEO @ Leonard_Ster gave a realistic entrepreneurial review: Aster was quickly pushed into the spotlight due to the rapid growth after TGE and CZ's public holdings. But traffic amplifies all issues, including system stability, user experience, and conversion efficiency, none of which can be hidden! @Leonard_Ster admits that the attention brought by CZ is a positive feedback, but also a sweet burden. In the initial stage of traffic influx, the team can only bear it hard, repairing the system, repairing the architecture, and rescuing the experience; And what's really harder is to win back users who were hurt earlier after the popularity has passed. Compared to 'rising fast', he is more concerned about whether he can convert attention into long-term retention and run a sustainable value loop. At the product level, Aster did not attempt to tell a generalized public chain story, but instead continued to place bets around the transaction itself: The AI trading experiment emphasizes the "trustless" asset management logic; Shield Mode attempts to find a balance between self hosting and privacy; The upcoming Aster Chain is also clearly positioned as an application chain for service transaction experience, rather than an ecological expansion tool. In Leonard's view, the ultimate outcome of DEX lies not in subsidies or airdrops, but in whether users are truly willing to pay for the product. Traffic can create opportunities, but only when experience, mechanism, and trust are established simultaneously, will popularity not become a one-time consumption. Aster's answer is not 'how long can it last', but whether it is still worth staying when the traffic dissipates.