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These past two days, I’ve been stuck in indecision: should I move everything to L2 just to save a bit on gas? To be blunt, ordinary people only care about two things: don’t get stuck, and don’t get charged too much. My approach is pretty “crude”—frequent small operations (exchanging tokens, claiming airdrops, playing mini-games) get pushed to L2. But if it’s really a larger amount, or if it involves contract permissions or cross-chain stuff, I’d rather spend a bit more mainnet gas to buy some peace of mind—at least I’m more familiar with the risk model… Even if L2 is cheaper, once the bridge has an issue or the sequencer glitches, those savings could be spit back out overnight.
Recently, everyone has been comparing RWA, US bond yields, and on-chain yield products together, and I find it even more anxiety-inducing: the yields may look similar, but the paths are completely different. Those on-chain options that seem “stable” often just hide the complexity. Anyway, that’s where I’m at now: put the experience on L2, put my sense of security on the mainnet—if I can do it with fewer moves, I’ll do fewer moves. Forget returns for now; talking about them too much keeps me up.