The long-term continuous output income of nodes is definitely much lower than the risk of buying and selling tokens in the secondary market, which are currently highly valued upon listing. It will not be a zero-sum game. At worst, it will only result in a small loss. If you buy nodes at a relatively low price, there will be continuous output of tokens and the income will continue to increase. Especially good projects like Balance are more worthy of attention.

Note: Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile, lack supervision and are speculative. There is no consumer protection. Only invest in funds that can afford losses. Investing in any cryptocurrency does not guarantee profits and may result in capital losses.