It’s raining outside and the traffic jam has cooled my coffee. I was just about to check the health of my positions, but the on-chain data “glitched” again, and my mindset wobbled with it… In fact, many times it’s not that the chain is truly slow—it’s that the data layer you’re using is queuing. For example, Subgraph/indexers need to parse new blocks into the database first; if you refresh too often, all you can see is the “last breath” state. And on top of that, with RPC rate limiting, when a free node gets busy it will give you a 429 or even time out, making it look like the chart has frozen.

These days, fee rates are at extremes. In the group, people argue about reversing or continuing to squeeze out foam—I’ll just focus on nailing down the data source first: for the same address, I’ll cross-check across two or three RPCs and different indexers. Don’t let a “glitch” scare you into adding leverage recklessly. Plain and simple: a one-second delay is fine—just don’t be delayed so much that you run into the liquidation line.