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Recently, it's really both funny and frustrating: when the mainnet gas fee spikes, I feel like I'm stepping into a pit on a rainy night, clearly just wanting to transfer some funds, but first getting educated by the transaction fee. Later, I just moved most daily operations to L2, and the experience is indeed smoother, but I didn't blindly switch everything—if I’m doing long-term holding, large transfers, or worried about the bridge step, I still go back to the mainnet to pay the "toll," just to feel more secure.
The compromise is roughly like this: small, frequent transactions on L2, large or critical ones on the mainnet; save up a batch before moving, don’t feed the gas just because of impatience. Also, looking at the inflation + studio bots + coin price spiral in chain games, it really feels like digging the pit even deeper… the lighting looks nice, but people fall in pretty quickly. Anyway, prioritize safety first, don’t let the experience make you forget about risk control.