[Blockchain News] Tokens have proven to be effective in alleviating the cold start problem, but they also bring challenges of short-term liquidity and inorganic users. Markets and networks that choose to issue tokens at the outset must form product-market fit in a shorter period of time, otherwise they will use up the tokenized bullets in their growth guns. This is called the "hot start problem", where the existence of tokens limits the time window for startups to form product-market fit and gain sufficient organic traction. This strategy has proven to be effective, especially for DeFi protocols such as MakerDAO, DyDx, Lido, GMX, etc. However, networks that respond to the hot start problem through token lightning expansion face some trade-offs, including unclear organic traction/product-market fit, premature consumption of bullets in the growth gun, and greater friction in completing operational tasks due to DAO governance.