According to Rosie Sargsian (Ten Protocol), constant pivoting and “sunk-cost-maxxing” are undermining crypto’s ability to build durable products and protocols, highlighting execution risk that traders should price into valuations and risk management (source: Rosie Sargsian, Ten Protocol, social media statement on Nov 3, 2025). For trading screens, long-term developer participation is a key durability proxy, with Electric Capital’s 2023 Developer Report showing long-term developer counts near record highs even as new contributors fell post-2022, helping distinguish resilient ecosystems from momentum-driven projects (source: Electric Capital 2023 Developer Report). The same report finds long-term developers are concentrated in Ethereum and Bitcoin, indicating ETH and BTC ecosystems exhibit stronger builder persistence that can reduce roadmap execution risk relative to smaller, frequently pivoting projects (source: Electric Capital 2023 Developer Report). Traders seeking resilience can prioritize tokens in ecosystems with sustained core client releases and stable roadmaps while de-emphasizing projects showing repeated pivots, using developer retention and activity as indicators of healthier protocol iteration (source: Electric Capital 2023 Developer Report).