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Recently, I've seen a lot of hype around re-staking and shared security, with yields stacking layer upon layer, looking very attractive. But honestly, don't let the illusion pile up along with it: what you get might not be "more security," but rather "more correlation risk." When something goes wrong, everyone panics together, and the drops are more synchronized.
The drama of cross-chain bridges being hacked hasn't died down yet, oracles occasionally glitch and report errors, and on-chain everyone immediately switches to "waiting for confirmation" mode... At this point, trusting "automatic compound interest = steady" is a bit hard for me to believe.
To make an analogy: shared security is a bit like renting a place with a security guard. It’s cost-effective for everyone, but if that guard suddenly takes a day off, the whole building can’t sleep peacefully. Anyway, I prefer to take it slow and low-frequency, willing to earn less rather than face a sudden liquidation due to queue-jumping. That’s all for now.