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Recently, I saw someone say, "Using IBC is no longer a bridge and is safer," and I can't help but laugh... To be honest, when you do cross-chain, whether you call it a bridge or message passing, you're trusting a chain of components: the source chain/target chain not crashing or rolling back, the light client/verification logic not making mistakes, the relayers not causing trouble (at least not causing you to get stuck), and the most easily overlooked—how the application layer handles the awkward state of "receiving a message but assets haven't arrived / arrived halfway."
IBC is indeed more visually appealing than many multi-signature bridges, but if you really treat it as "trustless," you're digging your own grave.
By the way, I see the funding rates in the group are extreme; everyone is arguing about reversals or continuing to inflate the bubble. I only care more about whether cross-chain messages will queue during liquidations or congestion, and in the end, you'll have to take the blame yourself.
That's all for now.