Recently, parallel chains and sharding have become lively again. In the group, many people are talking about throughput and the future. During my lunch break, I browsed through some ecosystem data, and there are actually only two questions in my mind: where to put the assets, and how to withdraw when it’s really time to exit. Airdrop season is back, and the task platforms are cracking down more and more on anti-witchcraft activities. The points system has made the grab-and-mine crowd as competitive as clocking in at work… Anyway, the more competitive it gets, the less I want to entrust my key assets to a cross-chain/bridge that’s still in iteration.

I’m now willing to take an extra step, which is quite old-fashioned: before switching to a new chain/new bridge, I first use a small amount to go through “deposit - interaction - withdrawal,” to confirm that the exit path works, and then decide whether to increase my position; it’s troublesome, but at least I sleep better at night. Listening to grand narratives is fine, but when it comes to real money, it’s better to think through safety and exit strategies first.