Lately, I've been watching the cross-chain bridge queues, and the more I look, the more I think that "waiting for confirmation" isn't hesitation—it's leaving yourself an escape route. Multi-signature setups are basically just a few people pressing buttons together; when something goes wrong, it's not about "being hacked," but about "someone slipping up, being phished, or being forced to reveal their signature." Oracles are the same—feed incorrect data once, and the bridge on the other side will take you seriously; the blockchain doesn't care whether you regret it or not.

These days, hardware wallets are out of stock again, phishing links are everywhere, and everyone suddenly talks about security... But the most common pitfall is still: rushing to operate on the other side before the confirmation count is reached, resulting in a rollback while the funds are already released, and in the end, you can only watch your money get stuck in the middle. Never mind, I won't go into deeper details now; anyway, I now prefer to be a bit slower when bridging, waiting for that "reversible" period to pass before proceeding.