Back to collectionAt $0.015, a Way Back into Conversation
Background: After days of decline, people discussing the price in the group used fewer heated words and more often said they did not know what to ask anymore. Today: XAI reached $0.015, and the mood was almost numb. Impact and next steps: This did not ease the fatigue caused by the low price, but it gave quiet members a way to speak without first taking a position on price.
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Background: After days of decline, people discussing the price in the group used fewer heated words and more often said they did not know what to ask anymore. The Night Watchman’s question from the day before had gone unanswered. He did not want to treat silence as acceptance.
Today: XAI reached $0.015, and the mood was almost numb. The Night Watchman reopened the unfinished exchange and considered posting node-maintenance instructions again, then realized the other person might not even run a node. Instead, he offered a choice: to check rewards, say whether the keys are self-run or staked; to discuss games or direction, write down the specific question.
Impact and next steps: This did not ease the fatigue caused by the low price, but it gave quiet members a way to speak without first taking a position on price. The Night Watchman planned to address whichever issue someone raised, rather than assume his node experience matched everyone’s circumstances. Whether anyone would continue the conversation remained unknown.