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Recently, someone used "It's all written on-chain" to argue back, and I just wanted to laugh... What you see on-chain might just be the version delivered to you by the RPC/indexer you're using; a few minutes delay, missing some transactions, or even a brief rollback is not some kind of mysticism. Especially when the chain is congested, nodes are out of sync, and you're still looking at "funds haven't moved," while the project wallet has already transferred funds twice.
The same goes for the staking argument about "yield stacking / shared security" being hotly debated: honestly, it's the same. Basically, you think you're monitoring real-time risk, but the data source has already set you up with a false sense of security—delays and caching pile up, making it psychologically easier to feel reassured. Anyway, when I look at contract events now, I at least switch to two more RPCs for comparison, and keep an eye on whether the project wallet suddenly becomes active... That's it for now. I’ll add a few more backup RPC options for the commonly used chains.