Lately, on-chain data keeps seemingly “lagging” or “freezing” for a moment, but it’s usually not your internet connection… Indexers/subgraphs are delayed by nature, and in the few minutes right after a block is produced, the data may not have been stored yet; plus, with RPC rate limiting, once your requests pile up they get queued/dropped, and the interface starts acting like it’s malfunctioning. To put it simply, what you’re seeing isn’t a “true real-time instant”—it’s the “latest” the server can provide.

I’ve gotten into the habit of looking at the same thing a couple more times: one time in the browser, and another time by switching to a different RPC, so I don’t get swept up by my first reaction. Especially when funding rates are extremely volatile lately—when people in the group are arguing about whether to reverse or to keep squeezing the bubble—I’m even less willing to just stare at one panel’s numbers… I don’t believe anymore that “some data source is always the most accurate.” I’ll just keep myself afloat first.