Three Safeguards, One Contradiction: Lessons From Five Years Building MapleStory Universe

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Five years building MapleStory Universe taught me how our own safeguards can quietly work against each other. Here's what fixed it.
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We kept "fixing" our ecosystem: wallet protection, gas costs, compliance. Each fix made sense on its own. Together, they quietly worked against each other. Building MapleStory Universe taught me that our own safeguards weren't the problem, we were protecting the wrong thing.