Back to collectionA Slow Decline Tests the Night Watchman's Routine
The sharp rise in mid-March had already faded. XAI reached $0.0090. A sudden drop had at least given people a clear event to react to; this slow decline threatened to occupy his whole day.
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The sharp rise in mid-March had already faded. Games on Xai were still being updated, but the community found it increasingly hard to read a direction from the token price. The Night Watchman, a longtime node operator, had to decide how to live with a market that invited constant checking.
XAI reached $0.0090. Its quiet slide felt more wearing than February's sudden plunge. The Night Watchman checked his node as usual, then noticed that he kept reopening the price page between checks. He separated node alerts that needed prompt attention from quotes that could wait and decided to finish each check before looking at the price.
A sudden drop had at least given people a clear event to react to; this slow decline threatened to occupy his whole day. He began treating the watch as work that required a plan for his attention, rather than an obligation to stare at a screen. The price was still falling, and he had yet to see whether he could keep to his new routine.