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The narratives around parallel chains and sharding have heated up again these days, and the group chat is flying by quickly. It feels like everyone is desperately searching for the "next station." I review the curves during the day, but checking messages at night makes me more anxious: no matter how new or fast the chain is, in the end, it all comes down to where assets are stored and how to withdraw if something goes wrong. To put it plainly, I haven't figured out a clear exit strategy, and both rises and falls feel like gambling with luck.
By the way, it's quite surreal that hardware wallets are out of stock again, and phishing links are everywhere. The more lively it gets, the easier it is to slip up and click the wrong thing. Anyway, after I mute the group, the world becomes much quieter, and I can focus on "finishing the basics like signing, permissions, and backup addresses"... Less FOMO, more sleep. That's all for now.