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These days, parallel and sharding narratives are heating up again, and a bunch of people in the group are talking about "performance taking off." I feel a bit anxious listening to it... While it's lively, honestly, what I care more about is: no matter how fast the chain is, if you can't get out, it's all pointless. In extreme market conditions, whether it's bridges, cross-chain, or CEX deposits and withdrawals, whichever gets stuck first is a nightmare in the last five minutes before liquidation.
By the way, with extreme fluctuations like capital fee rate swings back and forth, people argue whether to reverse or keep squeezing the bubble. My usual approach is more conservative: keep positions light if possible, don't pile up collateral that’s highly correlated, and think of two exit routes in advance. Tired but still here, anyway, just survive this wave first.