These days, looking at on-chain data made me laugh at myself again: clearly the blocks have been produced, but you're still acting like "nothing happened" in some dashboard/wallet.

Later I thought about it and it makes sense—node synchronization, RPC forwarding, then indexing service entry, if any link is slow, what you see as "on-chain" will be delayed, and even the same transaction can show different times in different places.

So now I’m used to doing some "backup" redundancy for myself: at least two or three RPC nodes for the same chain, one browser and a backup browser, and double-check before and after key operations.
Honestly, it’s not about being more professional, it’s just to avoid being affected by single points of failure and messing with my mindset.

Recently, someone again tried to force-fit ETF capital flows and US stock risk appetite into a single explanation for crypto price movements...
I also look at it, but I’m more afraid of jumping to conclusions based on delayed data.
Take a bit more time, confirm, and you might avoid many pitfalls.