Today, I was rummaging through a drawer looking for a charger, and it suddenly occurred to me: what I see as “on-chain” sometimes is just like this charger head—clearly it’s right there, but the contact is off… What you end up seeing on your browser/dashboard is actually the result after the node/RPC/indexer has gone through a round, and if anything in the middle gets stuck, you’ll get it “late.” So sometimes I’ve already submitted a transaction, yet the page still plays dumb, refreshing over and over like it’s waiting for takeout.

Recently, cross-chain bridges have had more problems, and there are also oracle errors—everyone keeps saying “wait for confirmation.” In plain terms, it’s just because they’re afraid the data they’re seeing is half-finished. Anyway, now when I look at on-chain activity, I first check two sources—don’t trust just one RPC. If I really need to take action, I’ll go slow, so I don’t get swept up by delays and error messages. High gas fees make me sneeze, and data delays make me… I’m speechless.