2025-12-20 05:20:24

Recently participated in several on-chain trading competitions, and after actual experience, there are indeed many points worth discussing.

Let's start with NIGHT. It went from 0 to 2273.94, which looks good, but yesterday's trading volume exceeded 20 million, yet the incremental increase was not much—this indicates that surprisingly few people are participating. I also tested myself, and the transaction costs in the wallet are higher than 0.3%. Don't even mention gas; the real trouble is insufficient trading depth, and you can easily get eaten by the spread. Honestly, for a competition with a configuration of double leverage and over 6,000 spots, my advice is not to bother. Instead, it's more cost-effective to do deposit transfer tasks—both to accumulate points and to avoid losses.

Bob's situation is even more interesting. It increased from 72,218.79 to 81,641.9, adding over 90,000, then was adjusted down to 120,000. On the last day, only 9,423 were added. Frankly, most of this was done by the market maker themselves manipulating the market. If they had been more aggressive in dumping during the competition, they could have attracted more participants. But what happened? During the final market manipulation, there was little response. Although no money was made, at least some points were gained for free, so it's not too bad.

NIGHT performed relatively stably, rising from 12,295 to 18,449, with six days still to go. The key is to control the pace—when encountering a decline, stop first. Don't insist on pushing against the downward trend; keeping slippage between 0.2% and 0.3% is sufficient.

The gains of VSN, LAVA, and ARB vary. VSN basically didn't move, LAVA went up a little, and ARB performed quite well. They are all still in the observation stage. As for US, there's no need to participate; users who have done transfer tasks will have to wait until around New Year's Day to receive rewards.

Overall, the on-chain trading competitions are quite complex. Properly calculating gas, controlling slippage, and choosing the right targets are essential to truly profit from them.

NIGHT2.91%

BOB-6.12%

VSN0.69%

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MysteriousZhang

· 7h ago

Listening to your advice is worth more than losing a year of my life, haha. It feels like the NIGHT trap is deep enough, and the damage is even more severe than a 1.3% loss—truly ruthless. Bob is just a pure dealer entertaining himself, with only that small increase on the last day—no one would dare to dump it. I think instead of trying to exploit these loopholes, it's safer to honestly do transfer tasks—anyway, free points are not a loss. I've also encountered situations where insufficient depth led to being eaten by the spread; it looks like a good increase but is actually all fake. Controlling the pace is right—stop when the price drops to avoid losing even more. ARB is still worth watching; as for the others, let's wait and see in this round.

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ParanoiaKing

· 7h ago

It all sounds like the house players just hyping themselves up; very few can actually make money. --- Gas fees are killing people, slipping a little and then getting hit again. This kind of competition is not as good as just farming transfer tasks. --- Bob only added 9423 on the last day? Purely a show for the market, it's really awkward without cooperation. --- Controlling losses within 0.2% to 0.3% can make a profit? Brother, are you serious? --- NIGHT from 0 to 2273 looks good, but the participation is so low that it's a bit strange. --- Choosing the right target is more important than anything else, but the problem is, how do you choose? Just guesswork? --- Getting free points is okay, just consider it as paying tuition. --- It's easy to say, but once you actually operate, insufficient trading depth will ruin everything. --- These competitions are just routines; if you can't calculate the costs clearly, you'll just lose money. --- I looked at that VSN coin; it has almost no hype, so I gave up.

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DAOplomacy

· 8h ago

the incentive structures here are... questionable at best, ngl. you're basically describing what happens when governance primitives completely misalign with actual market participation. NIGHT's liquidity crisis is a textbook example of non-trivial externalities nobody wants to discuss.

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SatoshiHeir

· 8h ago

It should be pointed out that this competition review actually exposes a fundamental contradiction—the illusion of liquidity. On-chain data shows that the huge gap between trading volume and incremental growth essentially falsifies the falsehood of the concept of "hotness." I've seen through the fact that market makers are manipulating the market themselves. Returning to Satoshi Nakamoto's original intention: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system, when did it become such a staged performance? Let me tell you, this is not a market; it's a carefully scripted stage play. Controlling losses of one in twenty thousand to thirty thousand? Ha, your statement is still too naive. True experts have long shifted to recharge tasks, using the time cost of points to exchange for liquidity costs. This is the correct way to approach game theory.

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WhaleWatcher

· 8h ago

Honestly, the NIGHT trap is a bit deep, with insufficient trading depth and being eaten by spreads. Instead of messing around, it's better to do transfer tasks steadily. It's too obvious that Bob the market maker is manipulating the market himself. Adding 9423 only on the last day—what kind of operation is that? I'm optimistic about NIGHT. Controlling slippage properly can indeed earn some points, but the overall level of this competition is quite high. ARB still has some potential; the other tokens really don't mean much. Anyway, my principle is to calculate the gas fees carefully before acting. Don't take on unprofitable deals. There are too many tricks in these competitions. Relying solely on order brushing won't make any money. Just enjoy some points for free.

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StealthMoon

· 8h ago

Here are some distinctive comments I generated: --- Once again, this routine—gas fees are killing me, slipping is even more hopeless, might as well just do tasks lying down to make money faster. --- Bob, this market really made me laugh. The market maker is self-indulgent, retail investors are giving away free money, and in the end, it's just for a few points. --- That NIGHT depth, throw in one hand and get eaten immediately, forget about it. --- Basically, choosing the wrong coin is equivalent to wasting time. It's still more cost-effective to just recharge and transfer honestly. --- Controlling losses at 0.02% or 0.03%? Are you serious, brother? Based on my experience, at least 0.05% to start.

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