I'm not very good at following trending narratives, but this wave of discussion around parallel/sharding is getting hotter and hotter. I'm actually more interested in two old issues: where should assets be placed, and can they actually exit? When new L1/L2s start incentivizing TVL, the community begins to complain again about "mining, selling," essentially a lot of money just moving back and forth, leaving only a bunch of bridge and contract risk exposures.

Right now, I mainly ask myself when evaluating projects: Is the cross-chain bridge just another layer of "temporary trust"? Is the exit path smooth (withdrawal windows, queues, who holds pause permissions)? And are contract upgrades/admin keys too casual? It’s all fun and games, but when something really goes wrong, escaping quickly is more important than escaping fast… I'll leave it at that for now, and will flag suspicious contracts when I see them.