The term “modular chain” sounds very high-end, but for ordinary users, it really comes down to two things: first, what “chain” your wallet transfer actually counts as is becoming less and less important; second, fees and lag feel more like something handled in the background by schedulers, not something you have to bet on every time—whether the main chain will be congested today or not. The experience is indeed smoother, but it’s also easier to be placated by “front-end one-click.” Where is the data, who ultimately settles, and who takes the blame if something goes wrong—ironically, it’s even more important to be detail-oriented.

Recently, someone has been hyping social mining and fan tokens, saying that attention is like computing power... I just find it exhausting. Attention is certainly valuable, but most of the time, it’s only using a more flashy shell to hide transaction fees and inflation—and in the end, you’re still the one who pays.

One step I’m willing to take myself is to spend an extra two minutes before every cross-chain / protocol switch to check the contract address and permissions (whether it can be paused, whether the fee rate can be changed). It’s a bit of trouble, but at least it helps prevent you from being completely fooled by the three words “modular chain.”