I tried it once—moving the same operation from a new L2 to DA, then back to the mainnet, just to see what “modularity” is really useful for to a terminal user like me. To put it plainly, I only have two feelings: there are more wallet pop-ups, and the routes are longer… but on paper, it might not be any more worry-free. The speed is indeed a bit faster, and the fees look lower too, but you still have to keep an eye on the cross-chain part, the confirmations, and whether those few minutes in the middle get stuck—the experience is a bit like a “kit car”: it can run, but you have to tighten the screws yourself.

On the other hand, the on-chain footprints are more fragmented, and the relationships between addresses are harder to understand at a glance. For someone like me who likes to dig into routes, it’s manageable, but for regular users, they probably just want one thing: can’t you stop making me understand so much? Recently, those new chains have been offering incentives to pull in TVL. I’ve also seen old users complain about “mining, selling,” and that feels pretty true—no matter how neatly things are modularized, in the end everyone still runs toward subsidies. Once the subsidies stop, the casual crowd disappears. That’s it for now—keep watching.