Early entry is everything. When I saw the @StandX_Official StandX rule, my first thought wasn't about the reward amount, but rather the duration of the window.
Giving early access to users with large deposits is essentially a carefully designed time arbitrage. The reward accumulates daily, seemingly fair, but the biggest reward is actually the act of entering earlier itself. The team used a rapidly closing window to build an invisible wall for early adopters.
Money always moves faster than consensus. By the time most people realize what's happening and start studying the rules, the early players' profit structure is completely different. This isn't luck; it's an inevitable consequence of the rule's design. It doesn't filter by the amount of capital, but by sensitivity to timing and execution.
In Web3, the value of many opportunities is condensed into the words "brief" and "few." Later entrants are chasing not only the price, but also the advantage solidified by the time difference. Therefore, this isn't a simple deposit; it's a pricing of timing.