Recently, I've come across a bunch of "testnet point strategies," and honestly, it's no longer just practice—people are assuming they can exchange for something. Once these become established, it's easy for users to increase their stakes: opening multiple accounts, cross-chain activities, running more scripts. As a result, the costs (time/fees/attention) unknowingly keep piling up.

My own stop-loss is pretty simple: I set a fixed maximum waste limit, like only spending a certain number of hours and a fixed gas budget per week. If I go beyond that, I stop; then I look at on-chain evidence—whether the project team is continuously releasing updates, whether funds/stablecoins are flowing to test environments and related addresses. If not, I treat it as pure practice, not a lottery. Recently, the main public chain is undergoing upgrades/maintenance, and there's chatter in the group about whether the ecosystem will migrate. I actually care more about whether the funds are genuinely moved before and after the migration; otherwise, it's just talk.

Anyway, as long as I keep the "investment within my means and not regretful to exit," I feel more at ease. I'm going to get to work now.