Why should resources 'expire'?
Imagine if DUST could be hoarded permanently like gold, what would the Midnight network look like?
It would be a world of extreme wealth disparity and instability. Early adopters would be like dragons sitting on mountains of gold; they wouldn't need to be active all the time, just emerging at a moment's notice to paralyze the entire network's traffic.
The linear decay of DUST is essentially enforcing a form of 'proof of presence'.
- Rejecting zombie users: If you transfer away $NIGHT , it means you are no longer supporting this ecosystem. Since you've 'left', the network has no need to reserve a 'parking space' for you.
- Counteracting the illusion of inflation: Many resource tokens on chains eventually become worthless because they are too easy to produce and too slow to consume. The decay of DUST keeps resources in a state of 'freshness'. The DUST in your hands is not wealth; it is access rights for the moment.
Productivity, not a tool for making money
Delivery platforms issue coupons to make you 'eat now', not to have you treat it as a family heirloom.
Similarly, DUST cannot be transferred and will automatically disappear, completely cutting off the path for speculators looking to buy and sell in resource packages. This turns @MidnightNetwork into a purely labor space.
Here, the amount of NIGHT you have represents the size of your 'real-time bandwidth'. This is an extremely fair quota system:
Don't focus on yesterday's leftovers, and don't overspend tomorrow's quota; the network only serves those who truly need to interact in the here and now.
Let the discarded coupons go; consider it a way to save money for the platform. But the design of DUST reminds us: some things are only resources when they are being used; what you hoard and don’t use ultimately becomes fleeting.
Since you are also interested in this 'counterintuitive' design, would you like me to help you compare its advantages and disadvantages against the Ethereum Gas mechanism in terms of attack resistance?
#night $NIGHT
Imagine if DUST could be hoarded permanently like gold, what would the Midnight network look like?
It would be a world of extreme wealth disparity and instability. Early adopters would be like dragons sitting on mountains of gold; they wouldn't need to be active all the time, just emerging at a moment's notice to paralyze the entire network's traffic.
The linear decay of DUST is essentially enforcing a form of 'proof of presence'.
- Rejecting zombie users: If you transfer away $NIGHT , it means you are no longer supporting this ecosystem. Since you've 'left', the network has no need to reserve a 'parking space' for you.
- Counteracting the illusion of inflation: Many resource tokens on chains eventually become worthless because they are too easy to produce and too slow to consume. The decay of DUST keeps resources in a state of 'freshness'. The DUST in your hands is not wealth; it is access rights for the moment.
Productivity, not a tool for making money
Delivery platforms issue coupons to make you 'eat now', not to have you treat it as a family heirloom.
Similarly, DUST cannot be transferred and will automatically disappear, completely cutting off the path for speculators looking to buy and sell in resource packages. This turns @MidnightNetwork into a purely labor space.
Here, the amount of NIGHT you have represents the size of your 'real-time bandwidth'. This is an extremely fair quota system:
Don't focus on yesterday's leftovers, and don't overspend tomorrow's quota; the network only serves those who truly need to interact in the here and now.
Let the discarded coupons go; consider it a way to save money for the platform. But the design of DUST reminds us: some things are only resources when they are being used; what you hoard and don’t use ultimately becomes fleeting.
Since you are also interested in this 'counterintuitive' design, would you like me to help you compare its advantages and disadvantages against the Ethereum Gas mechanism in terms of attack resistance?
#night $NIGHT