Recent news about a major mainstream blockchain network preparing for an upgrade and maintenance, everyone in the group is guessing whether ecosystem projects will take the opportunity to move… I, for one, won’t follow the trend first, I want to see “whether this project is really reliable or not.” To gauge credibility, I have three simple methods: Don’t just look at stars on GitHub, check if there have been continuous commits in the past three months, whether the same group of people has been working consistently, and whether the key contract changes are explained; don’t be fooled by logos in audit reports, focus on “what was found, whether it was fixed, and if there are any residual high-risk issues,” some reports are very thick but the conclusion is just a line of fluff… The most critical is the upgrade permissions: who holds the multi-signature, how many people, what is the threshold, is there a timelock, can the rules be changed overnight, basically it’s about how many people you entrust your life to. Staying up late to check these is quite eye-straining, but it’s cheaper than fixing things after the fact. Let’s talk again next time.