When everyone talks about IBC / cross-chain message passing, someone always says, "Inter-chain communication is all that matters"…

As someone who takes things seriously, I can't help but wonder: who are you really trusting in this cross-chain?
It's not just trusting the source chain and target chain, but also trusting whether the relay/forwarder has gone offline, whether the channel/client status has been stuck, whether the verification logic on the other side has been implemented correctly, or even whether your message hasn't been prioritized and inserted earlier in the packing order (since ultimately, the slippage fee is paid by you).
To put it simply, bridges are not just about "moving assets," but more like piecing together boundary conditions of various components—any looseness could turn into a risk of failure.
By the way, I also have some doubts about those recent social mining and fan token schemes claiming "attention is mining":
Can attention even be settled without relying on a bunch of centralized scoring systems?
Compared to some bridges, that trust assumption might not be much smarter…
Let's watch and see.