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KOLs & promotion

Paid promotion · 13 Jul 2026

The thing is, posts like this often take me hours to research, verify and explain properly, while 99% of the timeline is effortless slop that is easier to consume and usually performs better.

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The thing is, posts like this often take me hours to research, verify and explain properly, while 99% of the timeline is effortless slop that is easier to consume and usually performs better.

I still enjoy doing this work, but I need to know whether there is real interest in it.

Otherwise, I will probably reserve this kind of deeper research for our mobile app users and subscribers. Idk...

To be honest, I am already moving more in that direction.

I feel I have contributed a lot to discussions that only became widely noticed in this space much later.

I want to remain independent, but this work is not worth nothing. I would honestly argue that I put more time and effort into this than 95% of CT accounts.

In more than 2 years, the total amount sent to my mastr.sol address is roughly $400. At the same time, I keep rejecting paid shills and promotional offers because independence matters to me.

But there is a limit to how long someone can keep giving everything away for free while almost nobody supports the work.

At some point, the giving has to stop too.

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