The biggest sign of success for a system is actually being forgotten.

It sounds a bit counterintuitive, but think about it and you'll understand. When a system can operate automatically, without frequent updates, without manual intervention, and is completely self-sustaining, it has evolved into true infrastructure.

This is precisely the ultimate goal of DeFi. Systems that require constant patching, frequently malfunction, and always need regulation and maintenance essentially indicate that they haven't reached the qualified threshold. But when a protocol or platform can run silently in the background, stable as a rock, that’s the real long-term system it should be.