I was still fixing bugs at 1 AM last night, my coffee was cold, and my neighbor suddenly shoved his phone at me: 'Engineer, Klara's unlocked! Should we unplug it now?' I thought he was going to unplug the internet… turns out it was a 72-hour "life-or-death window" given by @Kindred_AI. The rules are simple and brutal: Unlocked on 12/31 → Ends on 1/2 at 23:59 UTC → Automatically renews until 2026/6/30 on 1/3. Doing nothing = retain old bonus +2×$KIN; adding within the window = 2×; after the window = 1×; full refund = 0. The engineer thinks this mechanism is filtering out "long-term players": rewarding those who stay on board, not tour groups. Add to that @metamaxxmoon's mention of scheduling 30+ meetings in Japan in January to attract anime IPs, and discussions with @KaitoAI about linking yappers/NFT holders/real users to the same ranking system—Kindred isn't just making a chat box; it's building a "sustainable companionship economy." Are you still holding on, or have you already gotten off the train? #KIN