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These days, parallel and sharding are once again lively, and the group chat is like a conference, my cat also came to join the fun and tapped the keyboard a couple of times... But to be honest, no matter how innovative the narrative, it still boils down to the same three things: where to place assets, who has the permissions, and how to exit when things go wrong. Especially now, with staking, shared security, and yield stacking being criticized as "copycat schemes," I actually want to focus more on the exit path: how long it takes to unlock, whether it gets stuck in congestion, and who bears the risk of crossing bridges back and forth.
I see myself more as "the one who draws the exit route first," rather than "the one who rushes in when the yields keep stacking." Anyway, I’ll start by posting a cat picture to calm down and prevent my hand from moving faster than my brain.