The word "modular chain" sounds very stiff, but for someone like me, a end-user, the experience boils down to two things: First, it feels more like "stacking services," today this DA, tomorrow that scheduler, the interface remains the same, but several layers are changing behind the scenes; second, liquidity has become more fragmented, the pool depth still looks okay, but once you cross a layer or switch components, the slippage curve suddenly changes, and I instinctively want to withdraw... safety first.

Recently, everyone has been complaining about validator income, MEV, and fair ordering, basically thinking they are trading freely when in fact they are just queuing. In those moments when you keep refreshing or retrying after clicking to swap, waiting for confirmation, I only have one thought: am I being cut in line again? I don’t know if modularity can make the experience smoother, but as long as liquidity thins out and ordering remains opaque, I’ll step back and watch for now.