When funding rates hit an extreme, I start to get itchy: should I go against the market to pick up some bargains, or just stay far away and not join the market’s madness? Honestly, whether I can withstand that needle-like volatility depends entirely on whether I randomly click confirm in the middle of the night... Usually, I take a screenshot first, to keep a record of “Look how impulsive you were at the time.”

Listening to the counterparty side sounds exciting, but often it’s not you harvesting profits, it’s you helping others extend their position; now I more often do this: cut my position smaller, place a less aggressive order, and if it hits, great; if not, no big deal. Anyway, I’d rather miss out than get taxed by funding rates as a leek.

By the way, I look at the modular, DA layer narrative, developers are talking passionately, but as a user, I only care about: can I pay less gas, sign fewer times… In the end, I still have to click confirm when needed, sigh.