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Cryptocurrency KOL communities exhibit a paradoxical trust dynamic: pseudonymous strangers coordinate substantial capital within days, yet the same communities collapse once monetization, dissent suppression, and power concentration escalate. We develop the Crypto Community Trust Dynamics Chain (CCTDC), a six-phase recursive process model theorizing how platform affordances compress tri-dimensional emotional resonance (cognitive, affective, identity) into ephemeral trust, how exploitation unfolds along a five-level gradient, and how fission diverges into resonance maintenance, reform advocacy, or awakened departure. The model distinguishes ephemeral from swift trust, operationalizes identity resonance and narrative capacity, and treats the boundary condition as endogenously coupled.

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1410

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Aug 15th, 12:00 AM

The Dark Side of Ephemeral Trust: A Process Model of KOL-led Exploitation and Community Fission in Cryptocurrency Spaces

Cryptocurrency KOL communities exhibit a paradoxical trust dynamic: pseudonymous strangers coordinate substantial capital within days, yet the same communities collapse once monetization, dissent suppression, and power concentration escalate. We develop the Crypto Community Trust Dynamics Chain (CCTDC), a six-phase recursive process model theorizing how platform affordances compress tri-dimensional emotional resonance (cognitive, affective, identity) into ephemeral trust, how exploitation unfolds along a five-level gradient, and how fission diverges into resonance maintenance, reform advocacy, or awakened departure. The model distinguishes ephemeral from swift trust, operationalizes identity resonance and narrative capacity, and treats the boundary condition as endogenously coupled.

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