⚡️About Binance Alpha Scoring丨Have small investors already been abandoned by Binance?

This should be the question that the group of people leaving today wants to ask the most. Let me briefly share my understanding—

1⃣What was early Alpha?

You can think of early Alpha as a kind of one-way incentive. The platform designed clear tasks — complete them and you get points, you receive airdrops; the logic is simple and straightforward, and the value is clear.

The underlying mechanism of this system was deterministic in the early stages; the role of retail investors was protected, and they could exchange contributions for fixed returns.

In simple terms, you came to take advantage of the platform, and the platform implicitly allowed this to boost Alpha's trading volume.

2⃣Current Alpha: Completely hand over the game to users

The evolution of Alpha is actually very clear: points system → user contributions → tiered pricing.

You can earn points because the platform needs early activity;

You cannot earn points because the group effect has taken hold, and individual participants are no longer the most scarce variable at this stage.

So when Alpha's trading volume reaches new highs daily, there is only one question left: how to price it?

When there are fewer monks than porridge, everyone can eat. Now there are many monks and little porridge, and the platform can only do one thing —

No longer telling you how many points you need to claim, but saying, you all compete, and we will decide who can claim;

No longer promising a stable airdrop pool, but adjusting the scale and rules of airdrops according to cooperative projects and market heat at any time.

At this point, a dilemma of competition appears:

1. You don’t have enough points, continue to grind, but the points may get higher later, and you still won’t be able to claim;

2. You don’t want to grind anymore, take a day off, and suddenly the points drop; you may not have enough points to claim.

So whether you grind or not, whether you participate or not, whether you have enough points, and whether you get airdrops, all become uncertain and turn into zero-sum competition between you and other retail investors.

From a broader perspective, this is not malicious; it is something that large platforms are best at: turning the raw human nature in transactions into an orchestrated resource pool.

3⃣If you realize your role, you will understand what to do —

Have small investors been abandoned? I don’t think so.

You are still participating, but your role has changed:

In the past, you were a small investor cared for by the platform, belonging to those encouraged to participate;

Now you are a variable in the platform's economic system, part of the “adjustable” mechanism.

The platform does not reject small investors; on the contrary, it welcomes them. Because small investors bring data, daily active users, and popularity;

But many people actually haven't realized that from the past to now, your role as a tool person has not changed essentially; the rewards were high in the early stages, and now they are just lower.

You need to clearly understand what you are playing, and your role is: liquidity contributor, behavior data provider, and fuel for the competitive ecosystem.

Whoever is willing to participate earlier, for a longer time, and with higher intensity will temporarily have the advantage.

So, first accept that you are a retail investor, and then try to move towards being a “structured retail investor.”

Want to keep playing? Then be a smarter tool person, knowing when to open a few more accounts and when to exit.

Don’t want to play? That’s fine too; exit when it’s time, and changing paths is also an option.

I once saw a saying that feels very applicable, and I want to share it with everyone —

Many things in the process of evolution do not mean you should exit; on the contrary, you need to realize the essence of it all and then act “voluntarily and consciously”!