Just when the phone popup popped up again with that red dot reminder saying "Certain mixing coins are being watched," my first reaction wasn't to pick a side, but to move my hand away from the "Confirm" button... The mainnet Gas has taught me too many times, and this thing on the chain, to put it simply, is: you want privacy, but don't fantasize about "completely invisible and always safe."

Now the community is arguing over privacy coins and mixing coins to the point of tearing apart, but both sides are quite sincere: one fears being labeled as a bad actor, the other fears being truly implicated.
My expectation is very simple: compliance is not just a slogan, privacy is not a talisman; the less trace you leave, the better, but don’t touch operations whose sources you can’t even explain clearly, the cost can’t be calculated, and it’s easy to dig your own grave.
Anyway, I just use cheap chains, stay decentralized, and keep records where necessary, just to sleep well.