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Over the past couple of days, I’ve been seeing so many people fixated on the unlock calendar—one minute it’s like, “oh no,” and they start worrying about selling pressure… The more I’ve watched, the more numb I’ve become. I’m tired, but I’m still here. Anyway, sleep is still the top priority.
For L2 and the mainnet, I’m just looking for a middle ground right now: for daily small-value interactions, claiming airdrops, and similar stuff, try to send it to L2 as much as possible, so you’re not constantly being taught a lesson by gas fees. But if you really plan to hold long-term, or stake, or you simply don’t want to keep getting shuffled around by bridges, then it’s better to go back to the mainnet—paying higher fees once is also a way to buy some peace of mind. To put it plainly, it’s hard to have both great user experience and a sense of security at the same time. I split it by frequency: high-frequency stuff goes to the cheaper option, low-frequency stuff goes to the more stable one—don’t let yourself end up staring at charts and tracking the market every day until your mindset breaks. That’s all for now.