Lately I've been looking into cross-chain bridges again. To be honest, the risks of bridges are often not about how "beautiful" the on-chain code is, but about the few people with multi-signature access, the data fed by oracles, and whether you have the patience to wait for confirmations. Actually, I now prefer to go slower, wait for a few rounds of confirmation before moving my position across, losing a bit of profit is better than getting rolled back or stuck on the bridge in the middle of the night, which can really mess with your mindset. Don't be too hard on yourself.

By the way, there's a heated debate about NFT royalties. Creators want income, while the secondary market wants liquidity. In the end, the ones who often get hurt are emotional traders. My approach is still the old routine: keep positions small, proceed slowly, the risk hasn't disappeared, but at least you're not leaving it all up to luck.