I'm not very good at explaining big principles, but recently I've been repeatedly reminded by on-chain data that being "late" is a common issue. The swap, liquidation, or even "what a certain address just did" that you see in your browser or dashboard is actually processed layer by layer through nodes/RPC/indexers: RPC might connect to a remote cluster, and when the load is high, it queues; indexers need to wait for confirmation, indexing, rebuilding, and sometimes even roll back a small segment. To put it simply, what you think is "real-time on the chain" is actually more like "real-time relayed by someone else."

Now, when I do backtesting or monitoring, I try to subscribe directly to events and cross-verify with two RPCs. When I see anomalies, I treat them as delays first and don't rush to draw conclusions. Regarding the staking system with "compound yields/shared security" that’s been causing a lot of noise, I feel many disputes are also stuck on information delays: the risk exposure you see and the actual sequence of events often aren't the same...

Anyway, be cautious and don't overly trust a single data source.