Lately, I keep hearing people talk about “modular blockchains.” Honestly, for someone like me—a terminal user—my first impression isn’t “more advanced technology,” but this: in the future, I might not have to keep staring at which “chain” things are on. The experience may feel more like using an application itself. For example, when transferring funds, minting, or doing a small task—what gets settled in the background, where the data is stored—ideally, none of that should be my concern… I just care that it doesn’t lag, doesn’t cost too much, and doesn’t fail all the time.

But the other side is also quite realistic: once you split things into modules, with more bridges, sequencers, and all kinds of intermediate layers, when something goes wrong it can feel more like “responsibility is scattered,” and you don’t even know who to go after. The recent back-and-forth over NFT royalties was similar, too: creators want income, trading platforms want liquidity, and users get stuck in the middle—support royalties one moment, then complain that it’s too expensive or too much hassle the next. No matter how technology evolves, just don’t dump all the costs and complexity onto ordinary people.

I’ll keep being a fragment observer for now, and see how it goes.