Recently, I keep encountering moments where "on-chain data stalls," with wallet balances, NFT lists, or a certain dApp page spinning endlessly, making me question life. To put it simply, many times it's not that the chain has stopped; it's the data layer you're viewing that’s queuing: the indexer/subgraph hasn't finished processing the new blocks, or RPC calls are being rate-limited. Especially when you have several pages open and refresh quickly, suddenly you get a 429 error, and the experience feels like the chain is disconnected from the internet... Anyway, it's quite annoying.

Modularization and the DA layer are being passionately discussed by developers, but the actual user experience is: why is there another layer, making it even easier to "wait a moment." My approach is rather timid: when I see data delays, I stop first, force myself to wait for two blocks, switch to another RPC for comparison, and then check the block explorer to see if I’m just seeing things. At least this can prevent impulsive trades when I get impatient and realize it’s just a slow display, avoiding the embarrassment of chasing a high price by mistake. That’s how I handle it for now.