I muted the group, and the world instantly became much quieter... but I also feel a bit anxious, missing that illusion of "someone watching the market." Recently, it's become more obvious: you think you're looking at the blockchain, but what you're actually seeing is the version fed to you by nodes/RPC/indexers. A lag or a missed update is normal, especially when the market is volatile; a delay of one or two minutes can lead you to make the wrong judgment. To put it simply, the blockchain won't lie to you; what deceives you is the "on-chain view" you receive. When I see the staking and shared security yield stacking being criticized as a Ponzi scheme, my first reaction isn't to pick a side, but to wonder: which index updated this data? When liquidity is drained and chain reactions of liquidations happen, can the information still keep up? Anyway, I now prefer to confirm a little slower rather than risking death in a split second.