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A piece of advice for newcomers just entering the space: don't be brainwashed by SEO farm articles.
The "Blockchain Trilemma" concept is everywhere, but honestly, it doesn't really exist today.
You might have seen this in search results, with arguments about how security, decentralization, and scalability can't all be achieved at the same time. Sounds impressive, right? But it's a pseudo-problem. At least for now.
Maybe ten years from now, this dilemma will truly become a constraint—who knows? But right now? There's no need to worry excessively. Just look at Solana's performance—many so-called "impossibilities" have already been broken in practical implementation.
Newcomers are most likely to fall into this conceptual trap, treating theories as ironclad rules. In reality, the development of blockchain technology is far more complex than these comfortable binary oppositions. Instead of asking "Can we have it all?", it's more practical to ask "How do we balance at this stage?" That’s a more realistic way of thinking.