Today it’s raining and the traffic is jammed to the point of madness, the coffee has cooled down by now... I scrolled through the timeline for a bit and everyone’s talking about how amazing parallel processing and sharding are. Honestly, it’s all just lively chatter; don’t get too excited and start throwing assets in. No matter how fast the chain or how high TPS is, if your exit path isn’t clear, the pitfalls like bridges, cross-chains, contract permissions, and upgrade switches can still bury you.

Recently, retail investors have been complaining that miners/validators are getting too fat, and that MEV front-running and unfair ordering are issues. I don’t think it’s just whining: you think you clicked “Confirm,” but in reality, the order of the queue is decided by others. Anyway, now I always calculate Gas/fees before any interaction, then see if I can withdraw at any time or sell with one click. If not, I’d rather miss out and keep things simple. That’s all for now.