Lately, there's been a lot of talk about "parallel/sharding" narratives, and it's quite lively. TPS and concurrency sound really exciting... but what I care more about now is: after putting assets in, can they come out? When exiting, will they get stuck at bridges, queues, or get caught up in a bunch of inexplicable rules? Miners/validators' earnings and MEV have also been heavily criticized recently. Basically, it's a matter of who gets to decide the order. Once fairness is suspected, retail investors' confidence can easily collapse. As for my own approach, it's pretty simple: minimize cross-chain interactions, self-custody whenever possible, and think through the exit strategy before entering. Otherwise, no matter how good the narrative looks, it's just a spectacle on the screen.