Recently, people keep saying, “Since everything’s public on-chain, what are you afraid of?” But the starry sky you’re looking at might actually be delayed footage. If the nodes sync a bit slowly, if the RPC queue gets backed up, and if the indexing service hasn’t caught up, then the transfer in your wallet is like a star hidden behind clouds—others have already seen it, but you’re still left in the dark.

Later on, thinking about it, it’s pretty funny. I was there hitting refresh, convinced I was going crazy. And lately, everyone’s been complaining about validator income and that MEV ordering is unfair. Put bluntly, the “timing order” of information itself is an advantage. What retail investors often see is just the replay.

Anyway, now when I run into something abnormal, I take a few more RPC/browser checks to compare. Don’t get anxious and assume it’s the chain’s fault. That’s it for now.