Today I saw a bunch of narratives about parallel and sharded chains bouncing around in the group chat. It’s quite lively, I was drinking tea and watching TVL fluctuate up and down, but inside I only had two words: I can exit. Honestly, no matter how much they hype performance, if they haven’t figured out asset security and exit strategies, they’re just adding drama for themselves. The recent wave of cross-chain bridge hacks still hasn’t cooled off, and when oracles report outrageous prices, everyone collectively “waits for confirmation.” I’m familiar with this atmosphere: delays before an incident, dragging until there’s no sound. My roommate is still excitedly asking if I want to jump into a new chain, and I told him: first, clarify whether you can get your money back through the same route. Anyway, when I look at projects now, I first check permissions, bridges, and price feeds, then I look at the narrative. That’s how I do it for now.