These days, I’ve seen L2 communities arguing over TPS, fees, and subsidies, and it’s been quite lively, but what I care more about is: are the “on-chain data” you see actually up-to-date? Many times, it’s not your eyes playing tricks; it’s that nodes, RPCs, and indexers each have their own pace—adding a cache layer, reorganizing data—and in the end, the transactions or transfers you see are like slow-moving bullet comments...

I’m especially worried about this when I do tasks: thinking I haven’t interacted, but it’s just that the index hasn’t synchronized yet; or seeing someone else’s “completed,” but they’ve just used a different RPC that’s faster. To put it simply, the signal I use now to judge progress isn’t a screenshot of a dashboard, but whether the same transaction’s feedback on different browsers or different RPCs is consistent. If it’s slow, so be it—don’t let delays blow up your mindset. Wait a bit before drawing conclusions; anyway, I’m willing to gamble and wait patiently.