Back to collectionA New Low, a Fading Game, and an Unanswered Node Question
The second phase of September tasks had just begun, while the community was still waiting for games people could actually play and more dependable node rewards. Another disappointing US jobs report sent the broader market sharply lower, and XAI touched 0.166 intraday, a new low for the year. Sisyphus was asking whether to keep spending time and money, a choice the Night Watchman’s silence could not make for him.
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The second phase of September tasks had just begun, while the community was still waiting for games people could actually play and more dependable node rewards. The Night Watchman, a longtime node operator, was preparing his usual report. Sisyphus, who also ran a node, was wondering how much longer he could afford to do so.
Another disappointing US jobs report sent the broader market sharply lower, and XAI touched 0.166 intraday, a new low for the year. Word spread through the group that the community of a unicorn game already moved onto the chain had voted to shut down most gameplay and shift toward licensing its characters; its daily active players had fallen to nearly zero. Sisyphus asked, “Is it still soon enough to shut down my node?” The Night Watchman did not reply. He posted node report No. 580 as usual.
Sisyphus was asking whether to keep spending time and money, a choice the Night Watchman’s silence could not make for him. With both the game’s prospects and node returns looking uncertain, he planned to calculate the burden of continuing before deciding whether to shut down. The routine report offered no clue how long the Night Watchman himself would carry on.