Recently, there have been more reports of cross-chain bridge hacks, to put it plainly, every time I cross chains, I do a mental check: "Who do I really trust?"

IBC sounds fancy, but it’s not foolproof: the chains themselves shouldn’t crash, the light clients/validators shouldn’t be fooled, the relayers shouldn’t slack off, the channels/contracts shouldn’t be written recklessly, and ultimately, the message has to be genuinely "acknowledged" by the other side.
What’s more annoying is that when an oracle occasionally gives an outrageous quote, the community starts collectively "waiting for confirmation" as a shield...
Until when? Who’s responsible?
My biggest fear isn’t losing money, but losing control: when something goes wrong, it’s unclear who should take the blame or who will fix it.
Anyway, I try to minimize cross-chain interactions now; if I do use them, I first check if the maintainers are still active.