Lately, someone asked me why I always "wait for confirmation" when transferring through cross-chain bridges... Honestly, I've always been a bit afraid of these bridges: multi-signature looks like a safe deposit box, but in reality, it's just a set of keys for people/machines. A few missing keys are okay, but too many makes the process chaotic; oracles are more like "messengers," if they pass a wrong message on-chain, it's taken as truth, and it's too late to argue afterward.

Am I too obsessive-compulsive?
Yes, but I'd rather be a little slower.

By the way, I want to rant about how recently people have been tying ETF fund flows, U.S. stock market risk appetite, and crypto market fluctuations together for interpretation. It sounds lively, but the risks of bridges have nothing to do with these macro sentiments. When something really goes wrong, it’s just "a moment + irreversible." So my current approach is very simple: try small amounts first, wait for enough confirmation before moving larger sums, and if necessary, just don’t cross at all. It’s troublesome, but whatever—at least the little bit of security in my wallet depends on myself to build.